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.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.