John Gordon
John Gordon
easy energy money mouth talk
It's easy to talk and say, 'We will look after it.' It's another thing to put some energy into it and get results. They don't put their money where their mouth is.
groups influence less
There would be less possibility for special-interest groups to influence the board.
reason stay
There's no reason why we couldn't stay here.
fairly job loss staying
There's no job loss and no reclassification that we can see, so we're staying fairly neutral,
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.
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.
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.'
novel
I'm a big fan of Elmore Leonard, and I've read Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre and so on. But I'd never read a crime novel that made me feel emotional at the end.
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.
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.
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.
A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.
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.