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" I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent. "

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

" My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. "

" The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice. "

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

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" I find it quite unsettling if I'm doing the same thing that I did yesterday. "

" I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing. "

" I believe in allowing an audience the opportunity to make up their own mind. "

" 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. "

" I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. "

" 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've never been to war, and I would never presume to fully understand the horrors that that kind of experience can impart. "

" 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 am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it. "

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

" When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that. "

" I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. "

" I'm a bit of a technophobe. "

" I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind. "

" I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me. "

" The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in it. I've never been interested in smoke and mirrors and cutting corners. I'd rather just do it for real. "

" I've never got on with recipes. Free yourself - throw them out! "

" I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords. "

" We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems. "

" All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing. "

" The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still. "

" 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 think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist. "

" One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control. "

" I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The album is called 'Everything We Hold,' and you can hear my lyrics. "

" 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. "