There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.

I don't really enjoy filming.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.