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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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"You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave."
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"We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave."
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"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull."
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"If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave."
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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'll perform all the way to the grave."
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"To say what you feel is to dig your own grave."
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"I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave."
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"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."
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"I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave."
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"If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place."
Life
"From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London."
Acting
"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."
Movies
"I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do."
Mind
"I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors."
Business
"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."
Music
"Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours."
People
"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."
Dance
"It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted."
Spirit
"I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff."
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