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Ray Winstone Biography

Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone (/ˈwɪnstən/; born 19 February 1957) is an English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "hard man" roles beginning with his role as Carlin in the 1979 film Scum. He also played Kevin, an ex-army soldier, in Quadrophenia as well as Will Scarlet in the television series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over actor, and has recently branched out into film production.

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I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.

Actually, Believe, Mouth, Mouths, Speak, Words

I had a very real fear of spiders until one bit me. I got bitten by a redback spider in Australia and I've never been frightened of them since. Maybe I've turned into Spider-man.

Australia, Men, Real, Spider, Spiders, Turned

Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard standing at the end, so that's my favourite one.

Crusade, Eye, Indiana, Old, See, Tears

There is something about silence and being in the middle of nowhere that is really very attractive.

Attractive, Middle Of Nowhere, Nowhere, Silence

I went to the audition for a laugh and got the part for the way I walked down the corridor. There's no justice is there? [on getting a role from an audition

Audition, Down, Justice, Laughing, Roles, Way

I enjoy making films and some experiences are better than others. Most of the time they're great experiences. . . but turning up to go to work on this every day was an absolute pleasure and that comes from the top.

Experiences, Film, Films, Great Experiences, Pleasure, Top

I'm lucky enough to have a kid with me who is actually really intellectually up with what's going on in the world and actually puts his money where his mouth is and goes and does something about it; he goes and talks about it. It livens you up a bit and it brings you into the 21st Century.

21St, Doe, Enough, Kids, Lucky, Money

I wouldn't change a thing in my life, even if I could. What you go through makes you who you are and that's fine.

Change, Fine, If I Could, Ifs, Life

At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow. '

Acting, People, Pronunciation, School

Elaine and I got married in summer 1979, we went on our honeymoon and came back for the premiere of Scum. All of sudden my face was on billboards in Leicester Square and people were crowding outside the cinema, going mad about the film. It was a complete shock.

Honeymoon, People, Premiere, Scum, Squares, Summer

As a sex symbol, I don't know what is appealing to women. I think it's the way you treat women that makes you sexy if you like.

Like, Sexy, Thinking, Way, Women

I'm not the sort of bloke who spends a long time in the bathroom. I've never used a face cream in my life and I don't like it when I go on TV and they offer me make-up. I tell 'em, 'No thanks. '

Cream, Ems, Goes On, Like, Long, Offer

I think the difference is that Angelina didn't need any CGI enhancement and I did! You can't really think about some things too much, you just get on with it and do it. It's about the way you move and the way you sound.

Cgi, Difference, Differences, Moving, Think, Thinking

You've always got to have an imagination in the game we're in but it explodes on this. You get to try the costumes on before you start and feel the weight of them, which is great. But then you're opposite some of the greatest actors in the world and away you go. You find your imagination takes over without you really even thinking about it.

Actors, Games, Imagination, Opposite, Opposites, Thinking

In terms of directors, great actors make directors - Gary Oldman was great to work with, for me; Tim Roth, too. You work with Scorsese and Spielberg and they were wonderful directors, but for me, working with actor
directors is special.

Actors, Directors, Gary, Special, Terms, Tim

But then when you go through the process of making the film and you sit in the cinema two years later and your jaw hits the floor, it's quite sad in a way because you're looking at yourself - facially anyway - and see the way you looked when you were 20.

Cinema, Making, See, Sit, Two, Years

The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.

Death, Drama, Sex, World

Sometimes when you're making a film and something happens during a scene that you've just thought of, it can be missed if the wrong lens is on or if you're shooting in the wrong direction but this [performance capture] doesn't miss a thing. So, you might do something that's genius - very rarely, admittedly - but it doesn't miss it.

Direction, Genius, Lenses, Miss, Missing, Rarely

I'm away so much I've had to learn to cook, and I find it relaxing after filming. I make stews and liver and bacon, and an Italian mate taught me how to make a mean puttanesca sauce.

Bacon, Italian, Mate, Mean, Sauce

We sometimes get lost in a bubble. . . when you get to a certain age you're always thinking about the old days and how it wasn't like that then. Well, yeah, that's great and it's very nostalgic and all that, but actually the world has moved on.

Actually, Age, Like, Moved On, Thinking, Yeah

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