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" 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

Dance

Night

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

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

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" Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start. "

" If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" The bad boy: always more fun. "

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" 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. "

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

" I enjoy every role I do. "

" People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive. "

" 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. "

" You don't know where life takes you. "

" Robert Fisk is my hero. In America, they think he's a terrorist. "

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" If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?' "

" I don't do social media. "

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

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

" I never wanted a life of having a nice house, driving around, settling down. "

" Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually. "

" I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies. "

" I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along. "

" I would like to be in a really big, successful film - boffo, spectacular, $500 million! "