John Gordon
John Gordon
farm given prices storage
Given where prices have been, there has been a lot of on- farm storage by farmers, which has slowed deliveries,
baseball game left
He left the game of baseball too soon, and the world too soon.
attempt civil country coup fail nuclear secure torn weapons
If you fail to secure nuclear weapons in a country that may be torn by a civil war, coup attempt or insurgency, you fail massively.
football guess happens
I guess the same thing happens in football.
bombing campaign fascinated lived northern
I've always been fascinated with Ireland, especially Northern Ireland, having lived in London in the '80s when there was an Irish republican bombing campaign there.
games love pitch since wee
Since being a wee boy, I've wanted to be on the pitch at Hampden. I don't know why. I love all the international games and such but I've never been that partisan. But I've always wanted to stand on that pitch.
biggest interact
The biggest problem I have doing my acting is having to interact with other people. I think if it wasn't for my wife and my kids, I'd probably be a hermit.
obviously
I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'
A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.
acting best interested life
Some of the best times I've ever had in my life have been because of acting and through acting. But I'm not interested in the game of acting and being an actor and auditioning and all that stuff.
age apprentice former stage standing
I'm a working-class former apprentice electrician; at the age of 14, if you'd told me I would one day be standing on a stage with Mel Brooks, I'd have thought you were off your head. But these things can happen.
definitely
I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got 'writer and electrician' on my passport. I don't want anyone to think I'm an actor.
tends
I don't like other actors much. The industry tends to attract insecure, needy people.
kissing finals cold
I had to kiss Ruthie Henshall once with a cold. It was the final romantic moment in She Loves Me; as we separated, I noticed this arc of glistening mucus threaded between us.