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" I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along. "
Ian McShane
Mean
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" 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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" 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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" I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance. "
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" 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?' "
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" 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. "
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" When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself. "
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