The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend.

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.

My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

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.

God will help you do it if you trust and lean on Him for guidance and strength.

Joy is a choice, and it’s something we fight for and choose.

The past, which as always did not know the future, acted in ways that ask tobe imagined before they are condemned. Or even simplified.

The Victorian era was perhaps the last point in Western history when magic and science were allowed to coexist.

When we look into the eyes of others with compassion, our personal biases suddenly begin to fade away. Then, we can see others for what they truly are, Human.

I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.

JUST LIKE CANDY is a delicious, decadent treat.

My husband really loves the red [lipstick], so I keep the red because I want to keep the husband.

Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides.

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.