Christian McKay
Christian McKay
Christian Stuart McKayis an English stage and screen actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film Me and Orson Welles, which received critical praise and was nominated for awards such as the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in movies such as You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Rush...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 November 1973
piano people viruses
People say to me now, Oh, youve given up the piano. How can you? Music is a virus.
sticks chickens forks
Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.
jealous instruments cellists
I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.
teenager great-love records
I want to record Goyescas by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.
school boys play
I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they must have seen something then. And even when I was practicing piano eight hours a day, I was still doing school plays.
looks film limitless
Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.
wine people tvs
Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever anyone said I looked like Orson Welles I said that I wasnt that fat, and I would get on a diet, quickly.
independent writing play
I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.
below ranks rest royal several shakespeare stay work
I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carrier - to King Lear.
horses men
Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.
few great hope quite
I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.
century cottage music playing
I'm very happy in my 18th century worker's cottage in Kent and playing my music for the dog-walkers paused outside.
great love record since
I want to record 'Goyescas' by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.
fictional playing
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.