In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.


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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye...
IAN MILLAR
The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th...
IAN MILLAR
Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and...
IAN MILLAR
If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.
IAN MILLAR
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m...
IAN MCSHANE
Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for...
IAN MCSHANE
Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
IAN MCSHANE
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
IAN MCSHANE
My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
IAN MCSHANE
The bad boys get all the best lines.
IAN MCSHANE
When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge y...
IAN MCSHANE
Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
IAN MCSHANE
I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE
I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill g...
IAN MCSHANE
I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
IAN MCSHANE
My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for tw...
IAN MCSHANE
Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
IAN MCSHANE
If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footba...
IAN MCSHANE
You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
IAN MCSHANE
There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
IAN MCSHANE
You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
IAN MCSHANE
When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play...
IAN MCSHANE
I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to ...
IAN MCSHANE
What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.
IAN MCSHANE
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football...
IAN MCSHANE
It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
IAN MCLAGAN
I only seem to date younger women.
IAN MCLAGAN
The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park...
IAN MCLAGAN
The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when ...
IAN MCLAGAN
When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm...
IAN MCLAGAN
Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; tha...
IAN MCLAGAN
We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
IAN MCLAGAN
I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and...
IAN MCLAGAN