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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. Sometimes she would come with me to the cinema in the afternoons, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/cinema-dominated-the-fife-coalfield-towns-we-lived-in-lochgelly-but/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

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## More by Kenneth Cranham

> [I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/i-had-a-whole-scottish-existence-until-we-moved-to-london-when-i-was/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/the-great-thing-about-stage-is-that-you-have-more-control-the-stage/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/you-create-a-blueprint-of-your-best-performance-and-you-re-happiest/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/the-only-acting-i-knew-when-i-was-a-boy-came-from-lochgelly-with-a/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/the-first-thing-i-wanted-to-do-as-a-boy-was-to-be-a-skier-because-i/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/my-grandfather-harry-ferguson-was-a-butcher-in-hill-of-beath-so-even/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/christopher-plummer-once-told-me-that-he-never-orders-a-wine-without/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [Great wine is always enhanced by great food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/great-wine-is-always-enhanced-by-great-food/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [When I was in Lochgelly as a boy, I went to the cinema every night - and on Sundays, I used to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/when-i-was-in-lochgelly-as-a-boy-i-went-to-the-cinema-every-night-and/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [Cinema dominated the Fife coalfield towns. We lived in Lochgelly, but my mum was caught up in Hollywood. She was in love with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/cinema-dominated-the-fife-coalfield-towns-we-lived-in-lochgelly-but/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/when-you-act-for-a-living-you-are-lucky-enough-to-get-to-say-things/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/i-feel-at-home-in-scotland-and-go-back-whenever-i-can-i-ve-played-the/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/i-was-fantastically-well-versed-by-the-time-i-left-school-i-had-a/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/buying-a-particular-vintage-because-everyone-tips-it-and-then-waiting/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

> [If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/if-you-swap-it-about-do-television-theatre-film-you-can-go-on/)

[Kenneth Cranham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cranham/)

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