The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football..

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

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 ….

The darker the character, the more interesting..

Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera..

I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me..

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

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball..

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!.

I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longe….

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director..

It's much more fun to be ugly..

I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through..

So many of my friends, old friends I haven't seen in years, made their way out there and got lost, then found their way back. That seems believable t….

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

A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you..

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..

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….

I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was a wee moment for me when I sang..

Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time..