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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.

When Things Are Really Painful, I Turn It Into Comedy.

In Terms Of Popular Cinema, 'one Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Is As Near Perfection As I Can Think Of.

There's No Such Thing As An Actor Giving Positive Criticism To A Director. The Minute You Say 'don't You Think It Would Look Nicer', That Director's Going To Hate Your Guts. Particularly If It's A Good Idea.

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.