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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."
Love
"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."
Work
"I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long."
Now
"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."
Hollywood
"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."
Months
"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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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
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"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."
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"I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it."
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"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."
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"Acting is very start and stop."
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"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
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