"I had to prove myself to a lot of different people."
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"The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for."
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"Be the hero of your own life story."
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"You know that every bead of sweat falling off your head, every weight you've pumped - the history of that is all in your eyes."
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"The fact that you touched somebody's soul or made them laugh-that's a wonderful thing."
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"I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart."
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"The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day."
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"I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals."
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"I appreciate and love women for many reasons, tall and small, plump and skinny, and crazy and demure. I see beauty in all of them."
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"Lessons not learned in blood are soon forgotten."
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"As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things."
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"I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom."
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"I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue."
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"I think I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now."
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"I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going."
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"Up in the north of Scotland, a lot of the villages are completely Viking names. A lot of Vikings came down and settled in Scotland and in Ireland. And a lot of them didn't, but they took plenty of us with them - mostly the chicks."
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"My Range Rover is great for LA. You can take surfboards on it and stick some bikes in the back. And if you kidnap people you could tie them up in the back, there's space for your chloroform."
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"I always find stuff in my characters to relate to."
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"I think it's one of the nicest privileges as an actor is to know that you can move people in one moment, make them think about their lives, or make them laugh or make them cry or make them understand something. Or just make them feel something because I think so many of us, including myself, spend too much time not feeling enough, you know?"
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"In Scotland I'm just like a lot of other guys, but in America I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy."
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