Life Is Much Weirder Than Fiction; Nothing's

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

What Point Is There To All The Wealth And Power That America May Have If They Can't Look After Its Own?

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.

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.

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.