Philip Glenister Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
February 10, 1963

Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor, best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt on the BBC series Life on Mars and its sequel Ashes to Ashes, Reverend Anderson in Outcast, and Mal Pemberton in Living the Dream.

My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age, and there was always a part of me that said we couldn't have two actors in the family because our parents would go mental. So I became a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation and, one way or another, worked my way up to movie publicist.

Philip Glenister
- Up
- Family
- Movie
I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

Philip Glenister

At school I was easily misled, but that's childhood. I remember I used to shoplift tins of Airfix paint and football badges.

Philip Glenister
- School
- Remember
- Football
When you are working on a TV show or series, you just get into the routine. You get used to getting up early. It takes a few days, but once you are up and running, you get used to going home late, and it becomes this very repetitive cycle.

Philip Glenister
- Up
- Home
- Running
Acting is just a job at the end of the day, and it's a very strange one.

Philip Glenister
- Job
Children change you. You have this overwhelming feeling of responsibility, of love - they're everything. They're yours. You know when you're cuddling them, cradling them, and you can smell their hair. I love that.

Philip Glenister
My father was a television director, and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry, but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.

Philip Glenister
- Father
There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it.

Philip Glenister
- People
- Good
- Running