I Don't Like The Way Some Actors,

I Was On The Set Of 'braveheart' And My Mate Says To Me, 'do You Think This Film Will Be Any Good?' And I Really Meant This, Too, I Told Him 'let Me Put It This Way - It Won't Win Any Awards.' Cut To: Five Oscars.

I Wanted To Dismantle The Bollocks That There's A Military Structure To A Gang, With A Leader, Second Leader, The Good Looking One, First Babe, Second Babe. It's Far More Arbitrary Than That And Their Values Shouldn't Be Romanticised. They Aren't Something You Want To Sign Up To.

Life Is Much Weirder Than Fiction; Nothing's More Absurd.

The Acting I Got Into By Doing What We Call Pantomime, When I Was Sixteen. And, There Were Loads Of Very Pretty Girls In The Show. I Realized; I Found Out Very Early On, That The Lead Comic Gets The Girl. So, That Was Cool. When I Went To University, I Studied Economic Social History. And Drama. That Kind Of Got Me Into It. My Main Passion Was To Make Films. It Was Never To Be An Actor. At That Time, There Weren't Many Opportunities For A Working Class Scottish Actor. It Was Kind Of An English Thing. And It Required A Certain Mannered Cerebral Acting Style That I Couldn't Relate To.

I Love Acting. It's The One Job I Know Of Where You Can Go In, Go Through Complete Catharsis - Emotionally, Physically Sometimes And Mentally - And At The End Of The Day Say, 'see You In The Pub, Guys.