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.

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

I don't want to be a luvvie actor. It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this.

My understanding of zombie movies is people rising from the dead, from their graves, stuff like that, and walking very slowly.

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

The darker the character, the more interesting.

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.