Journalists have so much newsprint to fill, the details are the last of their considerations. — Keith Allen Details Copy Share Image
I have a focused career plan, which is not to have a focused career plan. — Keith Allen Career Copy Share Image
I've always maintained if you want to act you should get yourself a life first. — Keith Allen Always Copy Share Image
Obviously I have propagated the occasional myth about myself, because the real me, I'm not worth knowing. — Keith Allen Knowing Copy Share Image
If you're on a film set for 48 weeks of the year, you're nowhere near reality. You can't emote like a human being. — Keith Allen Being Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that throughout the 70s I never watched telly. I can remember 'Dr Who' and 'Morecambe and Wise' vaguely,… — Keith Allen Generation Copy Share Image
When I've had money I've always spent it. I don't invest. A pension? Yes, it's called my talent. — Keith Allen Always Copy Share Image
I didn't really do any acting until I was about 28. I just did odd jobs. — Keith Allen About Copy Share Image
I'm in love with corrugated iron buildings, especially chapels and churches. — Keith Allen Buildings Copy Share Image
If everybody was a bank clerk, then I would be a rebel. But if everyone was a rebel, then I promise you… — Keith Allen Bank Copy Share Image
Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in… — Keith Allen Comedy Copy Share Image
I'd done performance art sporadically from about 1976 - very personal street things on my own. Acting seemed like a natural step… — Keith Allen Acting Copy Share Image
My hero in adulthood would be Michael Bryant, who's dead, bless him. His memory lives on. He was an actor at the… — Keith Allen Actor Copy Share Image
I'll take anyone to task about UB40. They were as important as Bob Marley in getting reggae into the consciousness of British… — Keith Allen Consciousness Copy Share Image
I always do things for myself and I don't care about what people think. — Keith Allen Always Copy Share Image
I would be a fool to say I enjoyed being in borstal, but when I was there I had a great time. — Keith Allen Being Copy Share Image
Growing up we were very working-class; you had dinner at 12, then tea at 4:30. If you got supper, you were doing bloody well. — Keith Allen Dinner Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever hurt anybody. I think I'll stand up on the day of judgment and go, 'Yeah? So what?' — Keith Allen Day Copy Share Image
My father was the biggest influence on my own parenting because I became the complete opposite to him. He found it very… — Keith Allen Father Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been in Hong Kong, or China, in around the 18th century. — Keith Allen Around Copy Share Image
I'm probably the biggest show-off in the world. But I also happen to be an artist. You can be both, you know. — Keith Allen Art Copy Share Image