I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance. Ian McShane More Quotes by Ian McShane More Quotes From Ian McShane I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45. Ian McShane menopause males age I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy. Ian McShane details two firsts 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 teacher football soccer What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle. Ian McShane gigs treats horse Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually. Ian McShane boss different As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting. Ian McShane cheques acting long Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down. Ian McShane rawness different character The bad boy: always more fun. Ian McShane bad-boy fun boys When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself. Ian McShane early-20s hard judging I'm a child of the Sixties. Ian McShane sixty children I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along. Ian McShane actors mean Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays. Ian McShane actors play character I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty. Ian McShane innocent-man men thinking The shrimp was lousy and the champagne tasted like water [at the Golden Globes Ian McShane shrimp golden water 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 good morning life funny 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 pause king you way 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 gangster good sexy love 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 you dance song Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die. Ian McShane old happen generation die 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. Ian McShane you shadow people television
