Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

I rant and rave about noise pollution.

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

It's much more fun to be ugly.

I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl!

I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life.

I owe my father everything.

I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.

Hunger's a great spur.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

Let yourself be enchanted in small ways.

Your imagination is the most powerful tool to create a great life.

I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.

Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them

(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

It's very conventional to say that you're a contrarian these days.

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.