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People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.
It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.
I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.
With comedy, if you write something for me, I'm better at it. I'm not sure I'm so good at improvisational stuff.
There are too many possibilities, if you can't die. If you're playing a normal human being, there's always that.
Whenever there's chaos, there's ambiguity, and where there's ambiguity, there's fear. And fear gets manipulated.
You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'
If you're going to do a movie about the Village, it's pretty nice to shoot in the village and not be in Toronto.
The most dangerous thing for an actor is to refuse to listen to anyone else, to feel you know more than anybody.
Actors don't really sit around discussing the parts they've played - just in case someone says, 'That was crap!'
The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.
Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
I like to relish words and sentences, and phraseology, and there's not much facility for that [playing Maigret].
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.
I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.
I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do.
I've always taken a lot of exercise - I get a bit depressed if I don't. In terms of food, I'm a bit of a grazer.
If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of.
I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.
You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.
Since the show started, Scottish tourism has increased a great deal - there is definitely an 'Outlander' effect.
I hate those people that get up and they're amazing. I think you just have to be kind of wasted to go and do it.
My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.
I'm the third or fourth generation of actor in my family; I'm sure if they were butchers, I'd be a butcher, too.
My first job was in a movie theater. I worked at Cinema 6 in New City, New York. I was an usher. I sold popcorn.
I don't use deodorant. If you drink enough water, you shouldn't have to. I think I smell pretty good without it.
People assume that because you are on TV you must be a millionaire, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that.
I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.
The countries where you have the most fear of immigrants are the countries where you have the least immigration.
Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.
I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'
A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.
With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.
I won't ask you if you ever received flowers from a man before. But it was my first, gifting flowers to a woman.
Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.
I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.
For me as an actor, I use a lot of music. Music is a huge part of developing and getting into a certain mindset.
I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.
My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
We buy the tabloids to witness someone else's life go wrong, so we can feel a bit better about our own troubles.
I let my [past] life in peripherally, because I'm interested in what's over there; I want to keep going forward.
Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.
I think you can tell when a New York show isn't shot in the city. It's so iconic and has such a specific energy.
What I like about the 'Underworld' thing is that it's a mix of cool genres, as well as creating its own message.
Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.
Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you.