Mackenzie Crook Quotes

• Recently I’ve been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn’t afford them. Now I can so I’ve been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they’ll be worth a lot of money.

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• My son thinks I’m hilarious, but he’s only 1.

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• It’s not a very secure industry. I’ve spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.

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• I’d like to go back to standup. I don’t like to think I’ve done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It’s a great buzz when it goes well.

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• I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.

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• I spend days with writers’ block. It is a problem.

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• I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

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• I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

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• I haven’t got a car or a house. I’ve got a wife, but I didn’t pay for her! I spend all my money on my glorious wife. She’s here with a knife at my throat!

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• I don’t have much choice these days in how I have my hair.

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• All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn’t get them if I had a different face. So I’m glad I have a comedy face.

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Mackenzie Crook (11)

Birth:	29th September, 1971
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor

About

Mackenzie Crook's father, Michael Crook, worked for British Airways, and his mother, Sheila, was a hospital manager. He has two sisters. As a child he was put on a course of hormone therapy for three years due to a growth hormone deficiency. In the summers he spent time with his uncle at his tobacco farm in northern Zimbabwe, where he developed his love for painting.

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