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"I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way."
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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."
Grave
"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."
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"I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff."
Scotland
"I've never been one who agonizes over my work."
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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."
Acting
"At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again."
Acting
"So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts."
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"Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew."
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"The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better."
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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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