My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in Cranhill.

After I've been in America for a while, I get homesick for Scotland.

Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now.

I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.

I think Scotland has some great stories.

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.

He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.

Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.

For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell.

No one is absolutely free from religion and philosophy, for the life we live is always under the influence of religion and philosophy!

Quit hating and trying to be like the next man. Get on your own grind & be better than the next man, whether you gotta hustle, work a job or whatever just do you.

Children make theories when they are confused or anxious.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.

Sexual intercourse... a joyous, joyous, joyous, joyous impaling of woman on man's sensual mast.

Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

I have to reinvent myself.