"I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time."
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"At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together."
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"I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!"
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"I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more."
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"I hate the word 'hippy.'"
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"For me, it's a voyage of self-discovery. I'm able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters that are close to me, or maybe not. Through going there and experiencing these different people and their situations, it helps me to get oriented and develop as a human being. So, acting is fundamental to who I am."
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"I never go anywhere without my iPod."
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"My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent."
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"A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you."
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"I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me."
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"Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing."
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"Acting is a really insular thing."
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"There's a kind of unwritten rule: Don't say anything at all, and everything will be fine. It's a producer's medium. The directors aren't there to make any decisions. They're not going to change anything."
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"The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football."
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"I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy."
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"I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world."
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"My wife was a make-up artist, and she's a total product junkie. Our bathroom is packed full of lotions and potions so I end up trying them out."
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"A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets."
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"I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director."
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"I feel like I'm the luckiest man on the planet."
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