"Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots."
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"The darker the character, the more interesting."
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"I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there."
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"My understanding of zombie movies is people rising from the dead, from their graves, stuff like that, and walking very slowly."
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"People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain."
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"Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time."
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"I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me."
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"I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was a wee moment for me when I sang."
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"I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing."
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"The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I can. I try do do one thing and tell a different story with my eyes. I believe what's more interesting is always what's not being said."
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"Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that."
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"The more people know about an actor the less convincing they become. A bit of mystery's a good thing."
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"Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film."
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"So many of my friends, old friends I haven't seen in years, made their way out there and got lost, then found their way back. That seems believable to me."
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"Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive."
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"In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble."
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"I don't want to be a luvvie actor. It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this."
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"A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them."
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"I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series."
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"Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor."
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