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

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.

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

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

I've never been good at accepting jobs six months down the line. I can't do it. If I'm thinking about this, I can't think about that. So I always seem to fly by the seat of my pants.

I owe my father everything.

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