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" What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems. "
Ian McShane
Talk
Own
Problems
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" Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for. "
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" If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made. "
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" What's great about acting is you can let all your wackiness hang out while you work. "
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" Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted. "
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" The bad boys get all the best lines. "
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" There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones. "
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" As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting. "
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" I enjoy every role I do. "
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" I'm a child of the Sixties. "
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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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" I've never hankered for any role. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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Man
" I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy. "
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First
Remember
Details
" I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along. "
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Actor
Along
" 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. "
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Girl
Relationship
Disaster
" Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die. "
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Seventy
Generation
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" You don't know where life takes you. "
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Know
" 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. "
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Work
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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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Ahead
Early
You
" Acting's boring. "
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Boring
Acting
" I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies. "
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Kind
" I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45. "
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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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" You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife? "
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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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