Kelly Macdonald Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
February 23, 1976

Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress who is best known for her roles in the films Trainspotting (1996), Gosford Park (2001), Intermission (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), and Brave (2012). For the 2005 TV film The Girl in the Cafe, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I'm always ready to leave. But New York I'm never quite happy to see the back of.

Kelly Macdonald
- Long
- Happy
I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.

Kelly Macdonald
- Baby

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

Kelly Macdonald
I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I probably wouldn't have had the confidence for drama school, though I did send off for an application form.

Kelly Macdonald
- Real
- School
- Experience
It's really great if people actually want to see something that you've made and you've put a lot of effort into. And that doesn't always happen, and there's not always a rhyme or reason.

Kelly Macdonald
- People
- Great
- Effort
I'm so not a celebrity.

Kelly Macdonald
- Celebrity
New Mexico was such a strange place; it was like filming on Mars.

Kelly Macdonald
I'm no good at anecdotes.

Kelly Macdonald
- Good

A few years ago, if you had told me I'd be moving back to Glasgow I'd have said, 'No way'. But it's changed. It's much more vibrant, bohemian. But I'm 35 and I've become a bit of a homebody, I don't really go out much. Same in New York. My home could be anywhere but I love Glasgow.

Kelly Macdonald
- Home
- Moving
Sometimes I bite off a fingernail to use as a toothpick. Nasty.

Kelly Macdonald
- Nasty
Watching films I'm in is always a bit odd, especially when I'm watching them for the first time with other people. It's hard not to see my faults.

Kelly Macdonald
- People
- Time
Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a perfect parent... You need people to be human, and part of it is imperfection.

Kelly Macdonald
- People
- Business
- Perfect
It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don't want my brain to implode.

Kelly Macdonald
- Up
- Mind
- Stop
There was nobody in my family who knew anything about the film industry. I'm from the west of Scotland. It's not exactly a mecca for filmmaking. I think I saw Rab C. Nesbitt in Asda once, but that was about it.

Kelly Macdonald
- Family

I'm pretty happy with the two cities I call home now - Glasgow and New York. But I'd like to give Paris a shot.

Kelly Macdonald
- Home
- Happy
- Pretty