Christian McKay

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

— Christian McKay

I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they…

— Christian McKay

People say to me now, Oh, youve given up the piano. How can you? Music is a virus.

— Christian McKay

I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.'

— Christian McKay

I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and he…

— Christian McKay

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

— Christian McKay

Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever…

— Christian McKay

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

— Christian McKay

Men love women but, even more than that, men love cars.

— Christian McKay

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.

— Christian McKay

I'm very happy in my 18th century worker's cottage in Kent and playing my music for the dog-walkers paused outside.

— Christian McKay

I want to record 'Goyescas' by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.

— Christian McKay

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

— Christian McKay

I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd…

— Christian McKay

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

— Christian McKay

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

— Christian McKay

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

— Christian McKay

Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.

— Christian McKay

I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.

— Christian McKay

People say to me now, 'Oh, you've given up the piano.' How can you? Music is a virus.

— Christian McKay

One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the…

— Christian McKay

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

— Christian McKay