Quotes from Kelvin Fletcher

There's no denying for me that 'Emmerdale' is an amazing place to work. I've got so much to be grateful for. Over the years it's given me a great sense of purpose and a real sense of belonging.

I have been pretty happy with how I look but if I have a hectic week with family or work life, that has got to be my priority and the gym takes a back seat. Then a couple of weeks turn into a couple of months and before you know it you feel like you've got the 'dad bod.'

As an actor, you always have aspirations to play different roles.

Most of my saucy comments are from gay guys. Some of them are pretty explicit in the things they say, especially on Twitter.

I just want to be a normal lad and not known as 'that bloke off the telly.'

I know very little about farming!

I've very much moved on and I want to pursue other things. I've done 'Emmerdale,' I wanted to move on and do other things.

There's no one who puts more pressure on me than myself.

It's dead flattering, isn't it? I have got a big gay following. I actually find it more flattering when a bloke comes on to you than a woman. I've even found myself flirting back sometimes!

I spend most of my time at home dancing with my daughter to things like 'Frozen' and 'The Greatest Showman.'

I'd love a racing career, but as I didn't start until I was 28 I missed years of experience.

I'm very fortunate now in that I have my first love, which is drama and acting, for a living and I'm also managing to go racing as well.

I watch a lot of English films but one of my favourites is 'Gladiator.' It's epic - if it doesn't get you fired up, nothing will.

Emmerdale's been great. I'm very biased but I think it's in a really good place.

Emmerdale' is a great place to work and I genuinely wouldn't be here if I didn't want to be.

I'm happiest when I'm with people who have known me for years.

I'll be happiest when I've got my wife and my home.

I am a bit of a domestic goddess to be honest. I am a clean freak so I love doing the hoovering and the cleaning.

I've been acting since I was a kid and it started out as a hobby. I've been lucky enough to make that my professional career and I've earned a living out of it.

In many ways 'Emmerdale' is a huge part of my life but in many ways it's not. I've always had so many interests elsewhere - family and friends and other interests away from that.

I won an award when I was 15 and my mum and dad were very proud and so was I but for me, individual things like that aren't as significant as I have been part of so much and there were weeks and months of hard work building up to those pinnacle moments and they can be full of moments of pride.

I left it entirely in the hands of the 'Emmerdale' team and had no input into how Andy would leave. I put my full trust in them to come up with a way for him to leave that was fitting for the character.

I don't live too far from my mum so I can go round for home-cooked meals and get my ironing done.

I want to continue to be challenged and feel a sense of fulfilment, like I have over the years at 'Emmerdale.' I've got aspirations to do other genres and I'm really keen to play a different character, whether it's in comedy or action, and just do something that's completely different.