I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old.

You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.

I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.