I owe my father everything.

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!

The more people know about an actor the less convincing they become. A bit of mystery's a good thing.

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