My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire's second team and I couldn't believe he could die. He wasn't going to get better for at least six months, so I left school early to become the family breadwinner. — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I met Picasso when I was a kid. I turned one of his drawings down which would be worth £37 million now. My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight. — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy. — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I fed my Yak on my spare Cadbury chocolate 21,0000ft up Everest. It was a blonde, very sweet female Yak. I made it my… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire's second team and I couldn't believe he could die. He wasn't going to get better for… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a coal-miner's son… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, "Gordon's alive!" — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I'm a fully trained cosmonaut and have completed 800 hours training, which has made me the No. 1 civilian reserve ready to visit the… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I do everything I can for wild animals because they have such a bloody awful time. — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
The greatest danger in life is not taking chances. There are so many negative people wanting to grind you down, but you can't let… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
My dream is to own a Hockney - I'm a Yorkshireman, and his vibrant colours are a good example of how the north-country people… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
