Charles Dance : (4)

" You have to be selfish to be an actor. " - Charles Dance

" I had a stammer through adolescence. Any fun I’d had performing in school plays disappeared and only came back at 18, when the stammer started to go. Then I thought: ‘Well, perhaps I can show off now.’ " - Charles Dance

" I got a lot of energy from directing the film ‘Ladies In Lavender.’ You wonder if you have the stamina because as an actor you can lounge around the trailer during the scenes you’re not in, but as a director, you’re there from first thing in the morning to last thing at night every day of the week. I found it incredibly energising. " - Charles Dance

" I love the Restoration. It’s a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair. " - Charles Dance