Martin Shaw Quotes

#1. Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.

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#2. It would be nice to be a professional pilot. I'm an amateur pilot at the moment. I've got a lot of friends in the RAF and I don't think I've ever met a group of people who love their job as much as they do.

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#3. Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

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#4. The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

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#5. There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony Award on Broadway, for An Ideal Husband. The other one was waking up the morning after the opening night of A Man For All Seasons and reading the reviews.

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#6. I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.

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#7. I worked with Judi Dench in Cranford. She's not at all starry, she's very easy and funny to be around, but I had such an enormous respect and regard for her before I met her that I was quite starstruck.

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#8. It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.

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#9. I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.

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#10. The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.

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#11. If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.

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#12. I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

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#13. If someone opens a glorious Scotch or a bottle of wine, it's no more than a whimsy, but after nearly 40 years I'm used to it. I don't find it difficult not being drunk when other people are, but I get uncomfortable because they're uncomfortable with where I am.

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#14. I like watching DVDs, flying my plane, walking and going to my place in Scotland. I like yoga. It takes me a while to unwind, the subconscious parts of my mind take a while to catch up with the rest of me.

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#15. If you travel to the continent you never have any problems overtaking, this is the only country I know where the outside lane is congested and the two inner lanes are empty. It drives me crazy. I'm ashamed that is so typically British.

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#16. I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.

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