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- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservative's the last thing I am.
- Nov 07, 2020
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.
- Drums
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.
- Drummer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been one who agonizes over my work.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget that's actually not the point at the end of the day.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never found acting that difficult.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything. And if you don't connect to that foundation, if you don't believe in that and feel that you wanna spend three, four months of your life exploring it, then all of the other elements are secondary.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that the creative conversation between director and actor is what leads to good work.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.
- Environmentalists
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- Nov 07, 2020
For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020