I Used To Be A Rabid Reader,

I Don't Take A Great Deal Of Interest In Party Politics. Social Politics Interests Me A Great Deal More.

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.

Acting Is Probably The Greatest Therapy In The World. You Can Get A Lot Stuff Out Of You On The Set So You Don't Have To Take It Home With You At Night. It's The Stuff Between The Lines, The Empty Space Between Those Lines Which Is Interesting.

I'm In Four Different Films This Year, And I Have Four Different Accents. I Sound Different In Every Film. You Have To Love A Character To Play It Well, And Change In My Work Is What I Want.

Anyone Who Knows Anything About Me Knows That I Am A Very Patriotic Guy, In Terms Of My Scottishness And My Roots.