Ian McShane Quotes

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Ian McShane

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 29, 1942

My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.

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When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.

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I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance.

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There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.

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I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story.

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What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work.

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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.

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What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.

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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.

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As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting.

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Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

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Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.

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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.

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Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.

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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.

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You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.

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I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman.

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My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'

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I don't do social media.

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I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.

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