Ross Kemp has ruled out a return to 'EastEnders' in the foreseeable future.
The 46-year-old, who played bad boy Grant Mitchell on the BBC One soap, also admitted that he never watched the show at home.
“I've no plans to return to EastEnders,” he told the Radio Times. “I enjoy the fact that I've far more control over my destiny than I ever had when acting. I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.”
Since leaving the BBC soap Kemp has won critical praise for his series of documentaries in which he explores various "extreme worlds".
"I come up with a lot of the ideas of the programmes," he said. "I oversee them as the executive producer. I'm on the ground when they're being made. I'm involved in the editing and write the commentary. I also write books and am attempting my first novel. I like to be busy."
Kemp starred in 'EastEnders' between 1990 and 1999, before briefly reprising his role in 2005 for one year.
Documentary series 'Ross Kemp: Extreme World' is the former actor's latest project, and begins on Monday on Sky 1.
