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For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
Ian Hislop
Time
Worth
Engineer
Thought
Long
Long Time
Changed
Civil
Admit
Seemed
Only
Had
Wrong
Read
Course
Sciences
Doing
Subjects
Want
The Only Thing
Then
Should
Chose
Thing
Start
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
Ian Hislop
Life
Funny
Woman
Mother
My Life
Clever
Gone
Force
Terrific
Verbal
Witty
Very
Done
Should
University
It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
Ian Hislop
Politics
Religious
Eccentric
Longer
Acceptable
Fat
British
You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
Ian Hislop
You
Cloud
Everyone
Until
Understand
Mourning
Grieving
England
Twenties
Nearly
Appreciate
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
Ian Hislop
Good
People
Amazing
Old
Films
Incredibly
Tell
Telly
About
Like
Well
Because
Making
Stories
Old People
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
Ian Hislop
You
People
Telly
Lifestyle
Sort
Got
Fame
Very
Expect
Being
Mean
Based
Peculiar
You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
Ian Rush
Dreams
You
Big
Nothing
Dream
Got
Any
Happens
Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.
Ian Rush
Day
Age
Generation
End Of The Day
Will
Move On
Top
Promote
About
Like
Most
Beckham
End
America
Trying
Getting
Going
Move
Interested
Soccer
Them
Younger
Younger Generation
Europe
Even
Helps
Play
Players
Early
Early Age
There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.
Ian Rush
Beatles
People
Club
About
Football
Comedians
Obviously
Passionate
Lot
Famous
Then
Liverpool
You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.
Ian Rush
You
Yourself
Enjoy
Look
Well
After
Need
I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
Ian Rush
Lead
Lead Singer
Like
Know
Singer
Welsh
Connection
Kelly
The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
Ian Rush
Only
Welsh
The Only Thing
Cook
Thing
Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'
Ian Rush
Today
Me
You
Remember
Goals
Parents
Google
Everything
Say
Kids
About
Remember Me
Mainly
Know
Go
Lot
Up
Shirt
Wore
Them
Turn
Who
They Say
Liverpool
People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
Ian Rush
You
People
Money
Long
Miserable
Top
Say
Out
Exactly
Exactly The Same
People Say
More
Could
Football
He
Make
Go
Same
Any
Going
Just
Wanted
Much
Should
Why
Play
Enjoying
Enjoyment
Playing
This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.
Ian Rush
Best
Day
Me
World
Beauty
Finals
About
Beat
Because
Cup
Cups
Anyone
Special
Why
As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
Ioan Gruffudd
Happiness
Love
Family
You
Money
Long
Nice
Bonus
Find
Through
Understand
Friends
Just
Then
Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
Ioan Gruffudd
You
Madness
Back
Out
Borderline
See
Only
Never
Stick
Yard
Up
Being
Certain
Certain Extent
Paid
Grow
Grow Up
Actor
Extension
Extent
To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
Ioan Gruffudd
Singing
To Be Honest
Think
Heritage
Our
Bit
Singer
Proud
Am
Coming
Welsh
Very
Wales
Being
Honest
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
Ioan Gruffudd
Sense
Think
Dramas
Our
Background
Bit
More
Costumes
Put
Suppose
Know
Contemporary
Period
Comfortable
Because
Am
Doing
Lot
Up
Get
Theater
Theatrical
Little
Little Bit
Exposed
Grow
Grow Up
Play
Plays
As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
Ioan Gruffudd
Love
You
Hate
Half
Live
Way
Easier
Audience
Said
Always
Going
Just
Love You
To Love
Actor
It would take me 10 lifetimes to achieve even half of what Wilberforce achieved.
Ioan Gruffudd
Me
Achieve
Half
Would
Take
Lifetimes
Achieved
Even
Robert Lindsay is a legend, he can do anything. Sing, dance, make you laugh. I was in awe of him on 'Hornblower.'
Ioan Gruffudd
You
Dance
Legend
Laugh
He
Robert
Sing
Make
Him
Lindsay
Anything
Awe
Why do we write novels or make television about real things? It's the human condition and human suffering.
Ioan Gruffudd
Suffering
Television
About
Write
Make
Real
Condition
Human
Human Condition
Novels
Human Suffering
Why
Things
When you're younger, you're going to be cast as the heroic, earnest leading man.
Ioan Gruffudd
You
Man
Heroic
Earnest
Cast
Leading
Leading Man
Going
Younger
Often in my game as an actor, someone else pays for your travel and there's nothing like being able to lie flat on a flight home from L.A.
Ioan Gruffudd
Home
Game
Travel
Lie
Nothing
Else
Able
Someone
Like
Often
Being
Flat
Your
Flight
Pays
Actor
Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.
Ioan Gruffudd
You
Kids
Having
Hangover
Function
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