Paul McGann Quotes

• Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.

  Paul McGann

  Allies, Feels, Large Family

  "This Much I Know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 05, 2011.

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• What I did, I did without choice.

  Paul McGann

  Choices

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• I love humans; always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.

  Paul McGann

  Patterns, Humans, Seeing

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". "Doctor Who", 1996.

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• I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.

  Paul McGann

  Artist, Ageing, Admire

  "Portrait of the artist: Paul McGann, actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2009.

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• I don't have a television. No. So, I don't watch anything.

  Paul McGann

  Watches, Television

  "Paul McGann on 'Doctor Who' 50th Anniversary: 'I Know Nothing'". www.digitalspy.com. July 05, 2012.

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• Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

  Paul McGann

  Careers, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is.

  Paul McGann

  Passion, Other Worlds, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.

  Paul McGann

  Simple, Thinking, Talking

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• I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

  Paul McGann

  Fun, Nice, Theatre

  "This much I know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.

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• Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.

  Paul McGann

  Real, Telling Stories, Tough

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• If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.

  Paul McGann

  Eye, Watches, Public Eye

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• I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting.

  Paul McGann

  Television, Essex, Way

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• As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.

  Paul McGann

  Actors, Repeats

  "Portrait of the artist: Paul McGann, actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2009.

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• Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat.

  Paul McGann

  Sleep, Giving, Give Me

  "This Much I Know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 05, 2011.

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• The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.

  Paul McGann

  Two, People, Six

  "This much I know" by Paul McGann, www.theguardian.com. June 04, 2011.

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