 At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again. |
| I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done. |
| Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours. |
| I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way. |
| I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting. |
| I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really. |
| A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned. |
| No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships. |
| I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors. |
| I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages. |
| Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set. |
| I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no. |
| If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place. |
| I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish. |
| Conservative's the last thing I am. |
| 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. |
| I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me. |
| I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long. |
| As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them. |
| It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted. |
