“My very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling sh*t. I was an assistant stage manager and they told me to clear out the prop store. I opened it up and no-one had been in there for 25 years and it was inches deep in rat sh*t. So before I could get anywhere I had to clear it up. I thought, 'All these years of training, the best drama school in the world, and this is what I'm doing.'” WorldYearsFirstsSchoolJobsCompanyClearStageDramaTrainingStoresTheatreManagersInchesRatsAssistantsPropsStage Managers Author:Martin Shaw
“The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.” IfsAbleSleepWorryUp Early Author:Martin Shaw
“It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.” PeopleThinkingI CanLyingActorsSoundUncomfortableLiarsPretentiousDon't LieI Don't LieGood Liar Author:Martin Shaw
“Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.” WritingPersonsBusinessNewspapersJournalismEditorsEmployedPrintedWheatNewspapers JournalismNewspaper ReportersWheat Fields Author:Elbert Hubbard
“I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.” LondonScotlandNorfolk Author:Martin Shaw
“I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want now - central heating, baths, medicine. If I could choose not to indulge in all the things they did I don't agree with, then I could be perfectly comfortable without a mobile phone, computer or anything.” IfsThinkingWantPersonsWould BeSuccessfulRichComfortComfortableComputerAgreeMedicinePhonesIf I CouldFabulousBathsIndulgeMobileIndulge InMobile PhonesHeatingSuccessful Person Author:Martin Shaw
“I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.” CountryHateWorstStupidStandardsI HateSelfishDriving Author:Martin Shaw
“If you travel to the continent you never have any problems overtaking, this is the only country I know where the outside lane is congested and the two inner lanes are empty. It drives me crazy. I'm ashamed that is so typically British.” IfsKnowsTwoCountryProblemCrazyEmptyBritishAshamedContinentsLanesDrive Me CrazyOvertaking Author:Martin Shaw
“If someone opens a glorious Scotch or a bottle of wine, it's no more than a whimsy, but after nearly 40 years I'm used to it. I don't find it difficult not being drunk when other people are, but I get uncomfortable because they're uncomfortable with where I am.” PeopleIfsYearsUsedDifficultWineDrunkUncomfortableGloriousBottlesScotchBottles Of WineWhimsyBeing Drunk Author:Martin Shaw
“I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingI CanJobsCrossesStubbornOpinionated Author:Martin Shaw