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" I can't bear not to be liked, and I've always been a people pleaser. "
Neil Morrissey
Bear
Always
People
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" I have never been a major fashionista, but I love a suit, and I did have one made for me by the tailor Stephen Williams. The great thing about a bespoke suit is that it covers up my pot belly. When I buy a suit, I'll pick shoes, belt, tie, shirt and socks, and that will be what I always wear with it. "
Neil Morrissey
Socks
Shoes
Great
" I was a kitchen porter for an hour at the Bank of England when I was 18. In the cafe, someone clicked their fingers and shouted, 'Boy, come and clear my table.' I walked out. "
Neil Morrissey
Kitchen
Bank
Boy
" I've always wanted bigger shoulders. "
Neil Morrissey
Bigger
Always
Shoulders
" If I know I am going out in the evening, I'll save my shower till I am about to get ready, so I'm pristine. I'm not one for moisturisers and toners; the furthest I go is shampoo and conditioner and a bit of hair gel. "
Neil Morrissey
I Am
Evening
Ready
" I would like to dive in Vietnam and Cambodia. "
Neil Morrissey
Would
Dive
Like
" My dad died 11 years ago, I don't see much of my brothers, and I rarely speak to my mum. I don't hold a grudge, but being separated in those early years clearly had an impact. Our relationship didn't develop as it ought to. "
Neil Morrissey
Relationship
Early
Impact
" I love cooking and eating - I'm a total foodie. It started off as a survival thing as a student, when cheese and potato pie was all I could afford to make. My most successful results come from concocting something with leftovers. Any chef will tell you that you should taste as you cook, so I might make it a bit more spicy, yogurty or eggy. "
Neil Morrissey
You
Pie
Love
" I pay attention to my nails. I have had this particular German nail kit for years, and I take it everywhere. If I don't trim and file my nails, they turn into talons. I cook a lot, too, and I don't like to see bits of food stuck under them. "
Neil Morrissey
Like
Attention
Food
" I think actors worry too much about age. They should just get out there and make sure they're up for whatever jobs come along. "
Neil Morrissey
Think
Age
Along
" I don't even like sitting in a taxi or on the tube when I've got a nicely ironed shirt on - I can feel the creases starting. I was taught to iron in the children's home I lived in - along with mopping, sweeping, and washing up. If you iron a shirt in order - collar, cuffs, yoke, sleeves and then body - it comes out all neat and gorgeous. "
Neil Morrissey
Body
You
Children
" When I look back over my career, I just feel pleased that I'm still working and getting some good roles. It's been 30 years now, and a generation has grown up with me. There are kids who don't have a clue who I am, but they queue up and ask for my autograph and admit their mums love me! It's all good - I am having a ball. "
Neil Morrissey
I Am
Good
Love
" There are loads of kids out there who haven't got a clue what 'Men Behaving Badly' was; it was such a long time ago. So I'm able to spread my wings a little bit more. I was able to do it on stage over the years. Most directors and producers don't know who I am these days, anyway! "
Neil Morrissey
Know
I Am
Wings
" Quite often, we're swamped with friends. My house is known as Hotel Morrissey, which is quite handy whenever I need dog-sitters for Tiggy. She's my tiny little rescue dog, the size of both of my feet put together. "
Neil Morrissey
Friends
Feet
Dog
" We get the papers: I prefer broadsheets because I had the fear of God put into me by the tabloids and, though I'm very much over it, I still don't really like to read them. It's a destructive vernacular that makes me angry and scared, and it is all sensationalist onomatopoeia and alliteration. "
Neil Morrissey
God
Fear
Angry
" There's a lot of stigma attached to being in a home. Other parents don't want their kids to play with you because you're naughty or nasty. "
Neil Morrissey
Want
You
Parents
" I lived all my life thinking the reason I was in care was because I was naughty. Because I was breaking and entering, pickpocketing, vandalism. I wasn't party to any social workers' reports. "
Neil Morrissey
Care
Life
My Life
" Weekends are about replenishment and rejuvenation. Time in Wales would definitely be part of my ideal weekend, at my own hotel, set in 72 acres of absolute gorgeousness. I can already feel the air working its magic, with the sea breeze drifting over us. "
Neil Morrissey
Time
Weekend
Sea
" I do know people who buy these huge houses but I always think, 'What about all that furniture? You're never even going to sit on it!' I don't want to rattle round in a big house. "
Neil Morrissey
Know
Sit
Think
" I went to a Turkish hairdresser, and they burned the hair off my ears with a lit taper. They just put the burning candle near your ears and you hear the hair being burned away. And the smell - urggh! "
Neil Morrissey
Hair
Off
Smell
" I don't sit around and get depressed about things. It's not my character. "
Neil Morrissey
Depressed
Sit
Get
" I know it's fashionable to blame your childhood for everything nowadays - thank you, Freud. The thing is, though, I really don't feel scarred by mine. But perhaps if I'd been in therapy for 10 years, and you were able to read the records, you'd disagree. "
Neil Morrissey
Thank You
Know
Childhood