Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.

A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.

It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.