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" Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted. "
Ian McShane
Me
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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?' "
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