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title: "4 Shane Porteous Quotes - Famous Actor"
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# Shane Porteous

(1942)   Actor

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Shane Porteous is an actor.

## Quick Facts About Shane Porteous

Born August 17, 1942

Profession Actor

## About Shane Porteous

Australian actor... \| John Shane Porteous is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon.

##  Quotes by Shane Porteous

> [“Fantasy is easy, all you have to do is this. Here’s an interesting culture, here’s another interesting culture. What would happen if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-porteous/fantasy-is-easy-all-you-have-to-do-is-this-here-s-an-interesting/)

[Shane Porteous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-porteous/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/shane-porteous-70166_books_fantasy-is-easy-all-you-have-to-do-is-th_926102.jpg)

> [“A successful book isn’t always good and a good book isn’t always successful”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-porteous/a-successful-book-isn-t-always-good-and-a-good-book-isn-t-always/)

[Shane Porteous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-porteous/)

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/shane-porteous-70166_book_a-successful-book-isn-t-always-good-and_1885089.jpg)

> [“I am not arrogant to claim that I can achieve the impossible, but I am not ignorant enough not to try to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-porteous/i-am-not-arrogant-to-claim-that-i-can-achieve-the-impossible-but-i-am/)

[Shane Porteous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-porteous/)

[Impossible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impossible/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/shane-porteous-70166_impossible_i-am-not-arrogant-to-claim-that-i-can-ac_2457598.jpg)

> [“If I never learned from my mistakes, I would never learn at all”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-porteous/if-i-never-learned-from-my-mistakes-i-would-never-learn-at-all/)

[Shane Porteous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-porteous/)

[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/shane-porteous-70166_education_if-i-never-learned-from-my-mistakes-i-wo_2575599.jpg)

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