Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed
Brian Joseph Blessed, OBE is an English actor...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 October 1936
drama school assistants
I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager.
people hated spoilt
I've always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.
animal awful bloody
I do everything I can for wild animals because they have such a bloody awful time.
winning ninety-nine making-money
Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.
dad kids drawing
I met Picasso when I was a kid. I turned one of his drawings down which would be worth £37 million now. My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight.
downing-street alive saws
When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting." So I bellowed: "Gordon's alive!"
fire radio bread
The household I grew up in... was rather like an Ovaltine advert. There was a huge fire, a kettle on the fire, the oven with the bread being baked every day, and there was the radio; it was very magical to hear all these wonderful programmes.
teacher drama school
I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.
moon space training
I'm a fully trained cosmonaut and have completed 800 hours training, which has made me the No. 1 civilian reserve ready to visit the International Space Station. I am determined to go up, and I want to explore the Moon, Mars and beyond!
thinking opposites people
In the news this week, the polls continue to slide for Gordon Brown and some people are saying he's dead and buried. But I think the opposite - I say GORDON'S ALIVE!
honesty kindness adventure
My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.
dream jesus stars
I have marvelous dreams! I meet Buddha, I meet Jesus, I meet Mohammed. I constantly dream of space, stars and planets: we are the children of stardust.
alive sailor submarines
In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, "Gordon's alive!"
dream military father
I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was an undertakers assistant, then a plasterer, before doing my military service in the RAF. All the while, I was doing amateur dramatics and dreaming of getting a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.