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" I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy. "
Ian McShane
First
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" I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along. "
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" When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years. "
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Done
Doing
" As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting. "
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Coming
Carry
Shall
" I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies. "
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Keep
Want
Kind
" The bad boy: always more fun. "
Ian McShane
Boy
More
Fun
" The bad boys get all the best lines. "
Ian McShane
Lines
Bad
Best
" 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. "
Ian McShane
Good
Reading
Football
" I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty. "
Ian McShane
Thinking
Innocent
Walk
" Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually. "
Ian McShane
You
Different
Looking
" Whenever there was a pause on the 'Hercules' set, everybody whipped their Blackberries out of their skirts - 'Are you texting the King of Thrace to tell them we're on our way?' "
Ian McShane
King
You
Way
" People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive. "
Ian McShane
Obsessive
People
Before
" You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife? "
Ian McShane
She
Your
Stay
" Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for. "
Ian McShane
Get
Great
Therapy
" I never wanted a life of having a nice house, driving around, settling down. "
Ian McShane
Nice
Life
Never
" Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist. "
Ian McShane
American
Black
Man
" I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK. "
Ian McShane
Teacher
School
Said
" I would like to be in a really big, successful film - boffo, spectacular, $500 million! "
Ian McShane
Film
Successful
Big
" You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change. "
Ian McShane
Change
Paths
You
" Robert Fisk is my hero. In America, they think he's a terrorist. "
Ian McShane
Terrorist
America
He
" I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon. "
Ian McShane
Me
Dance
Night
" What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle. "
Ian McShane
Treat
Just
You
" 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. "
Ian McShane
You
Funny
Coffee
" My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.' "
Ian McShane
Daughter
Think
You
" What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work. "
Ian McShane
Your
Great
Hang
" I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance. "
Ian McShane
Personal
Death Penalty
Believe
" I've never hankered for any role. "
Ian McShane
Any
Never
Role
" Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down. "
Ian McShane
Dance
Theater
Kind
" Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays. "
Ian McShane
Character
He
Love
" 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. "
Ian McShane
Story
Gangster
Good
" My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for two years, then we got married... disaster. "
Ian McShane
Girl
Relationship
Disaster