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

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" If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. "

" 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. "

" I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a bit of a technophobe. "

" Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. "

" I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. "

" Some are in it for the money, which is fine. Some of them are in it to be a movie star; that's another reason. Some actors - and this I never understand - will only play likeable characters. And if they're not likeable, they change them to be heroic. "

" I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public. "

" It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this world which will still be here. "

" Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight! "

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

" I got the 'I don't want the normal job' bug. At home, we have countless career advisors who would tell us to work in department stores and stay below the bar and not overreach our grasp. I didn't believe any of them. "

" There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision. "

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

" I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could! "

" Han Solo is more interesting than Superman because he's flawed. Superman's flaw is kryptonite, and that's it. He can make time go backwards, for God's sake, but with Han Solo or Indiana Jones, there's a bit of humanity there. "

" I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "

" 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. "

" I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving. "

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

" I never want to overstay my welcome for any character. I would rather people are excited by the ideas a character generates in them rather than feeling bored and wishing he would just go away. "

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