The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football.

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.

Freedom - rather more complicated in the concrete than the abstract, yes?

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start.

If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.

Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent

Believe in yourself.reach down inside.the love you found will set you free.Believe in youself.You would come alive.Have faith in what you do.You'll make it through

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

Respectability is the state of never being caught doing anything which gives you pleasure.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.

I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise.