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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'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."
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"I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way."
Work

"I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town."
London

"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."
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"Conservative's the last thing I am."
Conservative

"No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships."
People

"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

"I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really."
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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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"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."
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"I'll perform all the way to 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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"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."
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"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull."
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"To say what you feel is to dig your own grave."
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"Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block."
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"I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave."
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"They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more."
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