It would be nice to be a professional pilot. I'm an amateur pilot at the moment. I've got a lot of friends in the RAF and I don't think I've ever met a group of people who love their job as much as they do.
Martin ShawI hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.
Martin ShawBe a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.
Martin ShawThe only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.
Martin ShawMy very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling sh*t. I was an assistant stage manager and they told me to clear out the prop store. I opened it up and no-one had been in there for 25 years and it was inches deep in rat sh*t. So before I could get anywhere I had to clear it up. I thought, 'All these years of training, the best drama school in the world, and this is what I'm doing.'
Martin Shaw