They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't.

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is.

My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.

Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them.

I think classical music tuition is, well, was when I was a child, was an abomination. I think in some ways it is one of life's great tragedies for everybody who gives up an instrument.