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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.

It Takes A Very Strong Brain To Resist The Absolutes, The Myths That The Media And The Politicians Peddle - The Idea That If You Are Too Kind, Where Does It All End? That Not To Help Someone Is Somehow A Good Idea.

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

Nine Out Of Ten Delinquents Are Frustrated 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.