There's No Such Thing As An Actor

Just In Relation To Women, It's Not That Huge An Imaginative Leap To See The Connection Between The Taliban And The Catholic Church.

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.

Nine Out Of Ten Delinquents Are Frustrated Actors.

I Know Virtually No One Of My Age Who Can Remember A Hug, Or A Smile From Their Father, Or A 'let's Go Play Football.'

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