I owe my father everything.

I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.

Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.

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

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.