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I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.

~Ian Mcshane

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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.

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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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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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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 don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman.

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I've never hankered for any role.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: September 29th, 1942

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