I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.

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

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

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

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

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.