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"Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off."
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"I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done."
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"I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself."
Love
"I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff."
Scotland
"It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted."
Spirit
"A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned."
Work
"I've never been one who agonizes over my work."
Work
"Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set."
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"It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust."
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"I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long."
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"From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London."
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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."
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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
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"You can cage the singer but not the song."
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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."
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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."
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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."
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