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There's A Part Of Bohemia I Love. The Lack Of Prejudice, The Lack Of Aggression, I Love The Lack, For The Most Part, Of Competitiveness. It's More Peaceful.

Filmmaking Is Something I Have To Do. It's Not Something I Particularly Want To Do.

A Script Is Utterly Useless In And Of Itself; It's Only Of Any Worth The Minute Your Actors, Your Designers, Your Directors Come Into Being.

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.

The Films That I Really Enjoy Now Are Films That Are Made By, For Wont Of A Better Word, Mavericks.