--- title: "3 Detective Quotes By Nicola Walker" description: "3 Detective quotes by Nicola Walker. Plus more from Nicola Walker and more Detective sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/nicola-walker-7390_daylight_i-could-never-be-anyone-i-ve-played-i-am_413721.jpg" --- > [I could never be anyone I've played. I am so not a detective; I can barely get 200 yards from A to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-could-never-be-anyone-i-ve-played-i-am-so-not-a-detective-i-can/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/nicola-walker-7390_daylight_i-could-never-be-anyone-i-ve-played-i-am_413721.jpg) > [It's totally different playing a lawyer and a detective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/it-s-totally-different-playing-a-lawyer-and-a-detective/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/nicola-walker-7390_detective_it-s-totally-different-playing-a-lawyer_2873256.jpg) > [I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-d-be-an-absolutely-appalling-detective-appalling/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/nicola-walker-7390_absolutely_i-d-be-an-absolutely-appalling-detective_2877221.jpg) ## Other authors on Detective - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-abramelin-keldor-26264.jpg) Abramelin Keldor 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/abramelin-keldor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-raymond-chandler-77612.jpg) Raymond Chandler 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/raymond-chandler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nic-pizzolatto-70978.jpg) Nic Pizzolatto 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/nic-pizzolatto/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-agatha-christie-9726.jpg) Agatha Christie 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/agatha-christie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-cary-fukunaga-2753.jpg) Cary Fukunaga 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/cary-fukunaga/) - [Kendric Neal 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/kendric-neal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-conan-doyle-14897.jpg) Arthur Conan Doyle 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/arthur-conan-doyle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-bradley-10266.jpg) Alan Bradley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/alan-bradley/) ## More by Nicola Walker > [My two great fears are either not working or working on something that means you can't do something else you really want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/my-two-great-fears-are-either-not-working-or-working-on-something/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [My husband says I'm a grumpy lioness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/my-husband-says-i-m-a-grumpy-lioness/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > ['Spooks' was very much of its time and rather unique, so I was more than happy to be in that as a long-runner -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/spooks-was-very-much-of-its-time-and-rather-unique-so-i-was-more-than/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [I don't really have a treasured possession, but I do love my family's proper old photo album. We all have hundreds of photos on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-don-t-really-have-a-treasured-possession-but-i-do-love-my-family-s/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [My whole family were from the East End, but they moved away when I was a child. They still cannot get their heads around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/my-whole-family-were-from-the-east-end-but-they-moved-away-when-i-was/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [I'm a proper Essex girl because my family was part of that great exodus from the East End.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-m-a-proper-essex-girl-because-my-family-was-part-of-that-great/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [The best thing my mum and dad did was to send me to the local youth theatre. I loved that; I felt I'd found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/the-best-thing-my-mum-and-dad-did-was-to-send-me-to-the-local-youth/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [I would like to think that there are more women in positions of power, to actually get these projects off the ground that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-would-like-to-think-that-there-are-more-women-in-positions-of-power/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [I'm a hoarder, but then, when it all gets too much, I turn into a ruthless chucker. I'm very good at clearing out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/i-m-a-hoarder-but-then-when-it-all-gets-too-much-i-turn-into-a/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [My family moved out of London's East End to a tiny village. The school I went to was supposed to be mixed gender, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/my-family-moved-out-of-london-s-east-end-to-a-tiny-village-the-school/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [We're all used to seeing a lot of cop shows, some of them brilliant, some of them very generic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/we-re-all-used-to-seeing-a-lot-of-cop-shows-some-of-them-brilliant/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [You can't escape your face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/you-can-t-escape-your-face/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [My dad always jokes that if I ever write an autobiography, which I'm not going to, it'll be called 'It's Tough in the Middle.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/my-dad-always-jokes-that-if-i-ever-write-an-autobiography-which-i-m/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [Cornwall is my favourite place - I wish I could earn a living there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/cornwall-is-my-favourite-place-i-wish-i-could-earn-a-living-there/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) > [It was really unusual that the crews on 'Spooks' were a real mix of men and women, and you'd struggle to see many women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-walker/it-was-really-unusual-that-the-crews-on-spooks-were-a-real-mix-of-men/) [Nicola Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-walker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/nicola-walker/#itemlist", "name": "3 Detective Quotes By Nicola Walker", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I could never be anyone I've played. 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