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I Come More To Scotland Than I Ever Used To, So I Feel More Connected To It, More Part Of The Zeitgeist. You Know When You Realize You Have A Choice And I'm Choosing My Homeland. It's Funny: When You Get Older These Things Creep Up To You.

It's Really Rare For Film Directors To Be That Interested In Things Other Than Themselves.

I'd Been Depressed Before, Of Course. But I'm Talking About Really Depressed. Not Just Feeling A Bit Down Or Sad, A Depression That Has Something To Do With Biorhythms. I'm Talking About The Kind Of Depressed That Floats In Upon You Like A Fog. You Can Feel It Coming And You Can See Where It Is Going To Take You But You Are Powerless, Utterly Powerless To Stop It. I Know Now.

You'll See Dame Judi Dench In A Bond Film, In Shakespeare And Then Starring In Her Own Sitcom. You Never See That Here With Meryl Streep.

A Sweaty Macbeth With Blood On His Arms Coming In Fresh From The Battle Doesn't Interest Me.