Sometimes along the way in my life I don't want a smart woman right now, I want a dumb woman. But then you think, that doesn't work, now I want a smart woman. Then you get a smart woman and you go no, that doesn't work so it's just killing me right now.

Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.

My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts.

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

I think I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now.

Of course when you spend four hours in prosthetic makeup and you really are looking at yourself and you see how revolting you've become in a way, it obviously adds another strand and helps you... a little bit more.

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.