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" I went to a drama club when I was little, but it was more of an excuse to flirt with girls than anything else. We never put on plays. "

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" My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English. "

" I don't love plays. I don't love doing the same thing, every night, for 100 nights in a row. "

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" I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore. "

" What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel they mint something afresh every night. Because I would rather do something until I've done it and then know it's done. New day, next thing! "

" 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. "

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" It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. "

" I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared. "

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