Top 18 Quotes by Kenneth Cranham

About Kenneth Cranham

These are some quotes by Scottish author Kenneth Cranham Actor, who was born on December 12, 1944.

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 Rye.'

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 Rye.'

Kenneth Cranham

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

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

Kenneth Cranham

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

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

Kenneth Cranham

You create a blueprint of your best performance, and you're happiest the night you surpass that blueprint. That won't happen that often, but it will happen. It's like sculpting: you keep refining. When you have a piece that is yours, that is just you, that becomes obsessive; you think about it all the time.

Kenneth Cranham

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 race is run or the match is played, you'll either win or lose. Until that happens, you're caught in this wonderful, agonising sense of expectation.

Kenneth Cranham

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.

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.

Kenneth Cranham

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.

Kenneth Cranham

The only acting I knew when I was a boy came from Lochgelly. With a double bill, people would live their lives in the cinema. You would even see babies being breastfed in the audience.

The only acting I knew when I was a boy came from Lochgelly. With a double bill, people would live their lives in the cinema. You would even see babies being breastfed in the audience.

Kenneth Cranham

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