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" I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people. "

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" I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz. "

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" You fire blanks, but the guns eject real brass, hot cartridges. They're, like, 400 degrees. "

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" Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with art - people shouldn't read too much before they explore. "

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" My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs. "

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" Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around. "

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" I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me. "

" I've been a big blagger all my life. "

" People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment. "

" I get bored quickly. Always have. Short attention span. "

" Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films. "

" My grandfather, who is English, was a member of a gentleman's club called the Caledonian, which you can only be a member of if you have Scottish lineage. "

" If I make a film about now, the minute it was done, it wouldn't be about now; it'd be about then. "

" I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there. "

" It might look like some incredibly complicated map to get from English period films to American action anti-heroes, but it really is just about not having a plan. "

" That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that. "

" I'm always interested in what we're not being shown. So if you're playing ostensibly a quote-unquote 'baddie,' what are their good sides, and vice versa. "