Christian McKay Quotes

I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and he turned around and said: 'No man is self-made;' and certainly, if you want to make films or get into television or even theatre, the amount of help that you need, the amount of people who need to give you a helping hand is extraordinary.

Christian McKay

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Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.

Christian McKay
- Up
- Career
Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever anyone said I looked like Orson Welles I said that I wasn't that fat, and I would get on a diet, quickly.

Christian McKay
- People
- Wine
I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

Christian McKay
- Friends
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

Christian McKay
- Life
- Real
- Character
I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carrier - to King Lear.

Christian McKay
- Up
- Work
- Career
One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy.

Christian McKay
- Remember
- Baby
- Memories