Fishmonger Quotes

I began cutting up fish when I was a little kid.

I think the best advice I ever got about acting was from my dad, which was, 'If they don't buy the fish on the first toss, throw it back in the wagon and go to the second house.' Which is like an old Jewish fishmongers' story about how you become a successful fish monger.

Whenever possible, buy a fish whole. With tuna, this isn't practical; with smaller fish, it is.

At the fishmonger, choose fish with bright scales and clear eyes.

When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger's wife.

I still haven't quite got used to eating live fish.

I met my first wife at the fishmonger's in the summer of 1987, some six months after opening Harveys.

My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.

I used to go to Sheen High Street with my dad on a Saturday, and there was a butcher next door to the fishmonger. I hated the smell of the fishmonger, but I found the smell of the butcher's much more appealing. And I liked the big knives. I thought it looked like a decent job.

My father, Arthur, was a fishmonger, first at Billingsgate market and later in Camden Town and Golders Green.

Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.

I pretend that I was never in the movies. The only job I had before was selling prawns door to door. That's what I tell myself. My kids have never seen my films. I'm too embarrassed to show them.