My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.

Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

Enlightenment is when a laptop comes to know that it is a laptop.

When one paints an ideal one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Every great and original writer in proportion as he is great and original must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

Leaders are those who empower others.

The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.

There is nothing more difficult than simplicity, and therefore, nothing more refined.

London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

Auditioning is the worst.