My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age, and there was always a part of me that said we couldn’t have two actors in the family because our parents would go mental. So I became a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation and, one way or another, worked my way up to movie publicist. Philip Glenister Read Quote
Children change you. You have this overwhelming feeling of responsibility, of love – they’re everything. They’re yours. You know when you’re cuddling them, cradling them, and you can smell their hair. I love that. Philip Glenister Read Quote
There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it. Philip Glenister Read Quote
At school I was easily misled, but that’s childhood. I remember I used to shoplift tins of Airfix paint and football badges. Philip Glenister Read Quote
I’m an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I’m more interested in what isn’t said – the silences. Philip Glenister Read Quote
My father was a television director, and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry, but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front. Philip Glenister Read Quote
When you are working on a TV show or series, you just get into the routine. You get used to getting up early. It takes a few days, but once you are up and running, you get used to going home late, and it becomes this very repetitive cycle. Philip Glenister Read Quote
