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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.
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You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.
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From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
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When you've got a date on your calendar saying that you will be putting this in front of people in four weeks, that will get your nerves good, yeah.
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The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.
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Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.
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I especially love my Moto Guzzi.
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I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
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I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
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If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.
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I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?
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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.
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My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.