I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

- John Thaw

I'm not an instinctive actor.

- John Thaw

We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn'…

- John Thaw

You can't say to someone with a brain like Morse, This is the way you do it, regardless of the circumstances; this is the way it is done.

- John Thaw

There is no more final end than death

- John Thaw

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

- John Thaw

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

- John Thaw

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manche…

- John Thaw