Ian McShane

Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.

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

My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for two years, then we got married... disaster.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.