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title: "1 Dad Actor Quotes By Kenneth Cranham"
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> [You have to succeed as a young actor, then as a dad actor, those would be my 'Harvey Moon' years, then as an old actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cranham/you-have-to-succeed-as-a-young-actor-then-as-a-dad-actor-those-would/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/kenneth-cranham-29156_actor_you-have-to-succeed-as-a-young-actor-the_2811667.jpg)

## 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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