#ed

The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him, then they called my agent and had me come in and read for it and they wanted to use me. ↗

— Matthew McGrory

#called #casting #casting director #come #cool

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#bbc #better #black #black and white #had

Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#crew #i #left #lived #months

Everybody's got their own situation and their own needs. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#got #needs #own #situation #their

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to imagine much more of it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#been #book #drift #easy #forced

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#had #i #just #last #novel

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#book #embarrassing #had #i #now

Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies. ↗

— Matthew McGrory

#actually #autobiographical #autobiographies #based #i

Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it. ↗

— Matthew McGrory

#before #book #college #commercials #feet

Yeah, I did a cameo in an upcoming movie called Constantine. ↗

— Matthew McGrory

#cameo #did #i #movie #upcoming