Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed
Brian Joseph Blessed, OBE is an English actor...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 October 1936
thinking opposites people
In the news this week, the polls continue to slide for Gordon Brown and some people are saying he's dead and buried. But I think the opposite - I say GORDON'S ALIVE!
kings thinking differences
People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance, when I played Vultan in 'Flash Gordon,' I put as much energy into it as I would with 'King Lear' - it's all part of the same thing.
adventure thinking danger-in-life
You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.
people hated spoilt
I've always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.
animal awful bloody
I do everything I can for wild animals because they have such a bloody awful time.
winning ninety-nine making-money
Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.
dad team believe
My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire's second team and I couldn't believe he could die. He wasn't going to get better for at least six months, so I left school early to become the family breadwinner.
drama school assistants
I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager.
theatre shirts stores
We had a food store at the theatre and I used to pinch food. I pinched some trousers and shirts to keep me going but they would wear out. I was virtually on the breadline.
dream country people
My dream is to own a Hockney - I'm a Yorkshireman, and his vibrant colours are a good example of how the north-country people are vibrant and colourful.
dad kids drawing
I met Picasso when I was a kid. I turned one of his drawings down which would be worth £37 million now. My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight.
quiet loud pensive
The misapprehension about me is that I am some loud, rampant maniac. I am actually very pensive and quiet.
downing-street alive saws
When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting." So I bellowed: "Gordon's alive!"
fire radio bread
The household I grew up in... was rather like an Ovaltine advert. There was a huge fire, a kettle on the fire, the oven with the bread being baked every day, and there was the radio; it was very magical to hear all these wonderful programmes.