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. — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
“To be in touch with wilderness is to have stepped past the proud cattle of the field and wandered far from the twinkles of the Inn's fire. To have sensed something sublime in the life/death/life movement of the seasons, to know that contained in you is the knowledge to pull the sword from the stone and to live well in… — Martin Shaw Copy Share
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… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across. — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing. — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
“It is your task to walk back from the woods with an animal, not a pelt, not a corpse, but something alive. Curate that… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland. — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
“The journey simultaneously holds the contraries of solitary longing and relatedness to community, as Shaw tells us: “It’s an extraordinary, indigenous idea that to… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
“Holy isn’t always a church or open meadow. It can be a zone of profound change, where sexuality, the mythic realms, dreams, and the… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
