Ian McShane
Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON VIN DIESEL About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN I'm a working class lad. So at 25, and with no-one in our family having any theatrical inclinati... ROB JAMES-COLLIER RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS LUCAN LUCAN I'd be lying to you if I said at 8 I went up to my parents and said, 'Listen, I'm going ... EUGENE SIMON I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger. RICKY SCHRODER Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."GORDON KORMAN JAMES FRANCO SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA STEPHANIE SIGMAN I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sor... CALLAN MCAULIFFE If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can&... JAMIE BLACKLEY TOM WILSON JOSEPH P. KENNEDY I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES MICHAEL MORPURGO If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressin... STEPHEN MANGAN DARREN CRISS When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that... DAVID ANTIN When I decided to be an actor, years ago, I just said, 'Look, I'm not going to do this unles... EDDIE MCCLINTOCK BRIAN BINNIE If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody! MARC WARREN KIRK DOUGLAS LEONARDO DICAPRIO PETER FALK ALAN GREENSPAN I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it... NADINE VELAZQUEZ FRANK CARSON If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you... RANDY NEWMAN HARRY STYLES I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted perfo... T'KEYAH CRYSTAL KEYMAH JEFFREY R. IMMELT JEAN DUJARDIN I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just ... CARMELO ANTHONY MIRANDA HART I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good acto... JEFF DANIELS I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable i... KATE BECKINSALE WARREN BEATTY SALLY FIELD I shaved my head when I was 14 - is that bad? I asked my dad's permission first. He said, 'Y... BREA GRANT A few years ago, if you had told me I'd be moving back to Glasgow I'd have said, 'No way... KELLY MACDONALD ELIZABETH HURLEY The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ... ED SPELEERS You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere. JAMIE DORNAN I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be an... JACK FALAHEE AARON NEVILLE BOB NEWHART A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I was ... SAM CLAFLIN JAMES HETFIELD After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I gu... WHITNEY CUMMINGS Lonesome Rhodes had wild mood swings. He'd be very happy, he'd be very said, he'd be ver... ANDY GRIFFITH People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you... CANDY CROWLEY I used to dream about Gorbachev before he lost power. I'd go into a panic because I was meeting ... HUGH GRANT I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch '... J. AUGUST RICHARDS CHANNING TATUM I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going... ADAN CANTO JONI MITCHELL NORMAN FINKELSTEIN SHAILENE WOODLEY I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough. DAMIAN LEWIS I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL LOU HOLTZ JOYCE MAYNARD I always wanted to be an actor, even when I was a little kid. When I used to run away from home, I&#... LANCE HENRIKSEN J. K. ROWLING It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - a... PAUL GIAMATTI TRENT REZNOR I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher ... LIEV SCHREIBER KATRINA KAIF I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia. MARAT SAFIN If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO DANIEL RADCLIFFE CY TWOMBLY I never wanted to be a bombshell; I wanted to be an actor. I would much prefer to be a woman than a ... LORI PETTY I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an a... PAM FERRIS CHRISTOPHER LEE NANCY PELOSI I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I... ALEXANDER SKARSGARD You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the righ... LESLIE NIELSEN DARIA WERBOWY ZAYN MALIK BAILEY CHASE
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IAN SOMERHALDER Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. IAN SOMERHALDER I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro... IAN SOMERHALDER I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho... IAN SOMERHALDER A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy. IAN SOMERHALDER You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. IAN SOMERHALDER There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties. IAN SOMERHALDER IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually. IAN SCHRAGER My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,... IAN SCHRAGER I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative. IAN SCHRAGER The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'... IAN SCHRAGER I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,... IAN SCHRAGER Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class. IAN SCHRAGER I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons. IAN SCHRAGER Good design is good business. IAN SCHRAGER People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ... IAN RUSH I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection. IAN RUSH I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back... IAN RUSH I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to... IAN RUSH I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I... IAN RUSH The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit. IAN RUSH There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu... IAN RUSH This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&... IAN RUSH I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year. IAN RUSH You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well. IAN RUSH It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place. IAN RUSH I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling. IAN RUSH Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ... IAN RUSH Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. IAN RUSH I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia... IAN RUSH I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country. IAN RUSH In India, kids need someone to look up to. 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IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo... IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think... IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i... IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide... IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in... IAN RANKIN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me... IAN MILLAR It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the... IAN MILLAR I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic... IAN MILLAR I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I... IAN MILLAR When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye... IAN MILLAR The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th... IAN MILLAR Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and... IAN MILLAR If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen. IAN MILLAR It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now. IAN MCLAGAN I only seem to date younger women. IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park... IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when ... IAN MCLAGAN When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm... IAN MCLAGAN Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; tha... IAN MCLAGAN We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had. IAN MCLAGAN I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and... IAN MCLAGAN What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud. IAN MCLAGAN You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know... IAN MCLAGAN I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis... IAN MCLAGAN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN I usually eat in my friend Tom Corcoran's place - the Siam Thai in Monkstown. I go there for a v... IAN MCKEEVER I have never had the money to make too many large purchases. IAN MCKEEVER I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doin... IAN MCKEEVER IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN IAN MCEWAN But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the... IAN MCDIARMID For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chan... IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g... IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time. IAN MCDIARMID The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl... IAN MCDIARMID If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, an... IAN MCDIARMID That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance. IAN MCDIARMID There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne... IAN MCDIARMID To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back ... IAN MCDIARMID When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to ... IAN MCDIARMID And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me... IAN MCDIARMID Consistency is very important when you're making films. IAN MCDIARMID It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it... IAN MCDIARMID Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and ... IAN MACKAYE At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hug... IAN MACKAYE I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent. IAN MACKAYE Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about... IAN MACKAYE Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea... IAN MACKAYE I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ... IAN MACKAYE I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t... IAN MACKAYE I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a ... IAN MACKAYE I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that. IAN MACKAYE What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continu... IAN MACKAYE I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I ... IAN MACKAYE I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend ... IAN MACKAYE I just have work to do; I just do it. IAN MACKAYE The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.... IAN MACKAYE To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale. IAN MACKAYE Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something... IAN MACKAYE An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo... IAN MACKAYE What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ... IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i... IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t... IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa... IAN JACKSON I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ... IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you... IAN JACKSON
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Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. 
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. 
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. 
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. 
I'd love to be in a real boxing match, but I can't because of my face. I'm an actor! 
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God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad ... 
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If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the... 
My wife said to me: 'If you won the lottery, would you still love me?' I said: 'Of cours... 
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I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd ... 
I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make ... 
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I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody... 
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. 
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I don't hold grudges. 
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