My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef. My grandmother, Meg, was a fine Scottish cook who did slow cooking. — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four. — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
The only acting I knew when I was a boy came from Lochgelly. With a double bill, people would live their lives in the… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
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 Copy Share
My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
When I was in Lochgelly as a boy, I went to the cinema every night - and on Sundays, I used to go to… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
Cinema dominated the Fife coalfield towns. We lived in Lochgelly, but my mum was caught up in Hollywood. She was in love with the… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to do something… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share
