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I feel very at home in woodlands and could easily live there. I should have been one of Robin Hood's men.

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

The real reason I love Bamburgh is that it's the only place in the world where I ever truly relax.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.

Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.

I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.

You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously.

I hate anything with 'celebrity' in the title, where people are playing to the cameras all the time.

I'm the captain of the Variety Club over in England, and so I'm playing golf for them once a week but doing odd bits.

I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them.

Before my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I had heard of the disease, but hadn't known anyone who had suffered from it.

I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.

It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks.

You get pigeonholed. Some people are film stars, and some are theatre stars who do one-off telly. Somehow, I get into long-running series.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

I don't see why it gives people the right to know about my private life if I don't want to talk about it.

I'm very good at being out of work.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them.

I only really like to watch things like 'Time Team.' I'd rather be out walking the dog. It's all reality TV, which, as an actor, I detest.

When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.

I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.

I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print.

The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

When I came down south, I went to one of the early Wigan Challenge Cup victories at Wembley, and I was totally hooked from then.

McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension.

I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we did 'Morse' because I do still think of it as an offshoot.

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.

Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there.

With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same.

Let's just say I've never relied on my looks to make a living.

I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit.

You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it.

I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something.

I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.

While I'm driving north, I'm already thinking about kippers - it's worth the journey just to have kippers for breakfast on Saturday.

Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life.