I owe my father everything.

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.

I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.

I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.

People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.