"I didn't want the television Morse to end like Frank Sinatra - doing an endless series of farewell concerts." "I get to work with some of the finest actors around." "I was born looking fifty." "When I first met her, I had no idea I was looking for a wife. I was just extremely attracted to her. Now, all these years later, I see how lucky I was to have found her because it's difficult to imagine life with anyone else. Maybe it's the years of rubbing together, we do have the same outlook on life - on politics, ideals, morals. We're very similar people in all sorts of ways and we're very close. We're certainly best friends." - on his wife, Sheila Hancock "I was going to say that Sheila and Sally are not at alike - except they're both extremely intelligent women. When I met Sheila I wasn't consciously looking for anything in particular. I was just very attracted to her. Who knows why people fall in love? All I know is that I'm a very lucky man." "I suppose I learned about being a father from my own dad. I learned that even when your children are grown-up - as mine are now - you don't stop being a father. He was still my dad until the day he died last year. I still miss him everyday."