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" I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that. "

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" I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more. "

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" The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football. "

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" Of course, I love chats with various actors about the process and how they do it. To me, if it's not on the camera, if it's not there, it's not worth it. It really just isn't worth it. "

" To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate. "

" My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way. "

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" Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that? "

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" Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting. "

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" Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing. "