There's No Such Thing As An Actor

I Find The World More Absurd Now Than I Did When I Was A Kid.

There Are Some People Who Walk Into A Room And They Oxygenate It, By Their Very Being There's Fresh Air. Then There Are Those Who Come In With The Smell Of Death And They Suck The Life Out.

The Acting I Got Into By Doing What We Call Pantomime, When I Was Sixteen. And, There Were Loads Of Very Pretty Girls In The Show. I Realized; I Found Out Very Early On, That The Lead Comic Gets The Girl. So, That Was Cool. When I Went To University, I Studied Economic Social History. And Drama. That Kind Of Got Me Into It. My Main Passion Was To Make Films. It Was Never To Be An Actor. At That Time, There Weren't Many Opportunities For A Working Class Scottish Actor. It Was Kind Of An English Thing. And It Required A Certain Mannered Cerebral Acting Style That I Couldn't Relate To.

I Did 'deathly Hallows' So My Kids Could Get On The 'harry Potter' Set. They Met Daniel Radcliffe, Who Was A Darling And Couldn't Have Been Nicer To Them So I'm A Hero Right Now.

In Bringing The Subject Of Religious Oppression To A Wider Audience, I Didn't Just Want To Kick The Catholic Church But To Poke A Finger In The Throat Of Theocracy And To Let It Be Known That People Shouldn't Tolerate This Anymore.