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18 quotes by Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham Born (1944-12-12) 12 December 1944 (age 70) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Occupation Actor Spouse(s) Diana Quick (1974–78; divorced) Fiona Victory Partner(s) Charlotte Cornwell Kenneth Cranham (born 12 December 1944) is a Scottish film, television, radio and stage actor.
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Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the bet. Once the... →

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I've always liked texts that you immediately understand. I suppose the playwrights who really speak to me are Edward Bond, Joe Orton and Harold... →

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Great wine is always enhanced by great food.

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Cinema dominated the Fife coalfield towns. We lived in Lochgelly, but my mum was caught up in Hollywood. She was in love with the style and glamour.... →

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If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to do something you've... →

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I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher in the... →

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Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he loves it.

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I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four.

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The first thing I wanted to do, as a boy, was to be a skier, because I had seen film footage of somebody skiing.

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The great thing about stage is that you have more control. The stage is yours. The time is yours. Film is really the editor's medium.

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When I was in Lochgelly as a boy, I went to the cinema every night - and on Sundays, I used to go to Cowdenbeath and see something there.

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You have to succeed as a young actor, then as a dad actor, those would be my 'Harvey Moon' years, then as an old actor.

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I feel at home in Scotland and go back whenever I can. I've played the Edinburgh Festival twice, and I get the train across the Forth Bridge to... →

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