Top 33 Ricky Whittle Quotes

We try and give as much diversity to our show as possible. That’s something that’s very strong in our show: there are so many strong female leads in ‘The 100.’

Growing up, at that time, I didn’t want to be black because I was bullied, and I’d tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.

I’ve never used chat-up lines; I don’t have the gift of the gab.

I’m going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life.

I’m just a big kid; I get excited. That’s probably the one thing in life that I get really excited about is cars.

I’m ambitious and I’m determined and I know where I’m going to be. It’s not where I want to be, but where I’m going to be.

You have to have chemistry – it’s acting. I need to make people believe the rumba is about two people in love, and the tango is about passion.

I have an acting coach, a dialect coach, and just a great team around me.

If things are said maliciously, and they’re meant to hurt, then that’s the sort of thing we need to try and stamp out.

I’m a big fan of old, classic American musclecars like a Shelby GT or the ’69 Dodge Charger, cars that inspired me through my childhood. They used to get me real excited when I was a kid. To own one and actually be able to drive them in America is a little of a dream.

Sometimes, when you’ve got a couple of females on the cast, you’ll have a diva, or you’ll have arguments. I’ve been on shows where girls haven’t quite got on.

Blood must not have blood… I don’t stand for anyone bullying bullies.

I’m a great believer in the idea that if it’s meant to be, it will be.

I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see a black person, they see athlete, they see rapper, or they see criminal or something like that. And then when they hear a British accent, they hear posh, so they hear lawyer or doctor.

My abs were my bread and butter in the U.K. – the calendars, the photoshoots, and all that came with it.

No one remembers the runner-up!

I’d do whatever it takes to stay in California; maybe not L.A. because it’s so crazy.

I must have been 15 or 16 when I left Antrim Grammar, but I do remember having my first proper kiss when I lived there.

I don’t want to embarrass myself on TV!

I remember ‘Rain Man’ with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman with all the Lamborghinis being lifted off the tanker. I was obsessed with this car. Absolutely obsessed with this car. It was my dream, and to finally drive one and own one was incredible.

When you’re living in L.A., you really do have to raise your game – you have to be the best ‘you’ possible.

I’m very competitive, and I want to be known to do well.

I love L.A. I love America; it’s fantastic. The people are friendly, and everyone’s always smiling. The sun is always shining. My only problem is choosing what color shorts to wear.

I’ve never liked my smile, you see. I should have had braces as a kid, but I was too proud and too vain. And I didn’t want to be bullied at school.

As in all TV shows, and especially a show called ‘Mistresses,’ all is not going to be as it seems.

First black Bond – that’s my aim! That’s the one!

Even in ‘Hollyoaks,’ we were known as ‘the black family’ as opposed to just ‘the new family.’ But that’s where we are in the world, I guess. It’s getting better; everything’s heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender.

No one should ever suffer in silence. Bullies thrive in silence.

My character in ‘Hollyoaks’ went through absolutely everything! There’s not one emotion where I’m going to go, ‘I don’t know how to play this.’

With ‘Strictly,’ I am mentally and physically knackered: everything aches. I knew it would be hard, but I never thought it would be this tough.

I really have a new-found respect for dancers.

I’m more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am.

My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft – not my torso.