Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

My little sister Debbie was born at Aldergrove, and my nan is from southern Ireland, so I do try and get over quite a bit.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

No one remembers the runner-up!

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

I want to act in films and TV drama, so that's where I'm aiming to be, and I'm not going to let anything distract me or turn my head until I get there.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

First black Bond - that's my aim! That's the one!

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

I don't think anything can prepare you for the 'Strictly' experience. It really is insane. I mean, I played football, rugby, American football. I go to the gym. I like to think I'd be quite fit, and I don't have much fat on me to lose, and yet I still lost a stone and half and three inches off my waist.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.'

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

Once people start to realise that colour is just that, it's just a colour, then things got a bit smoother.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

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.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

I believe it's my position as a partner to make the other feel secure. I'm very loving and very into my partners when I am with them. I just want them to feel safe.

Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle

I really have a new-found respect for dancers.