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… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that you look forward to, lines that jump out like a jack-in-the-box; you're thinking: 'Wait till you… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four. — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
