Ray Winstone Quotes
I remember years ago I was an extra, just an extra, and instead of asking me to move - he was a big fella - the director just picked me up and moved me. And I headbutted him. You know, he shouldn't have done that, but I shouldn't have done that either. I just done it.
Winstone, Ray. Young Winstone. Canongate Books, 2014.
The great singer became embroiled in political controversy when the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her, a Black, sing in Constitution Hall in 1939. As a result First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR, and Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes offered her the Lincoln Memorial for her 1939 Easter Sunday concert. Four years later she was finally allowed to sing in Constitution Hall. Throughout the controversy Ms. Anderson never attacked those who refused her.
Raymond Andrew Winstone is an English television, stage and film actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, and starring alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie and Mel Gibson, Winstone is perhaps best known for his "hard man" roles (usually delivered in his distinctive London accent). The first of these was the character Carlin in Scum, the 1979 film remake of a BBC television play in which Winstone had originated the role, and which was not broadcast due to its violent nature. The same year he played an ex-army soldier, Kevin, in the cult classic Quadrophenia. In the 'eighties he rose to prominence starring as Will Scarlet in the successful television series Robin of Sherwood. Winstone has since established himself as a prominent voice over actor, and also branched out into film production.