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In Bringing The Subject Of Religious Oppression To A Wider Audience, I Didn't Just Want To Kick The Catholic Church But To Poke A Finger In The Throat Of Theocracy And To Let It Be Known That People Shouldn't Tolerate This Anymore.

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

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.'

In The Acting Game, You Spend A Long Time Fighting Against What The Director Perceives You To Be. And Half The Time The Directors Don't Know.

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.