Ian McShane

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

“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?'”

“Acting's boring.”

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

“What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.”

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