Charles Shaughnessy Quotes

Charles Shaughnessy — British Actor born on February 09, 1955,

Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy, or simply known as Charles Shaughnessy, is a British peer and television, theatre and film actor. He is known for his roles on American television, as Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and as Maxwell Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny. Along with his brother David Shaughnessy and Ophelia Soumekh he is a partner in 3S Media Solutions Inc... (wikipedia)

Soaps are great. You learn to work very fast - some say superficially, but that's not really true. You do some very serious character work. I've never had any feelings about a stigma attached to it, and nowadays there seems to be less snobbery about what you do. More and more big names are doing TV and commercials and voiceovers.

Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.

'Days of Our Lives' was an insane schedule. You're doing a whole one-hour show in a day. You do a very cursory run-through with the director telling you where you're going to be standing, then you do a quick rehearsal on camera and you shoot it.

Charles Shaughnessy Quotes

Charles Shaughnessy Quotes

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