In The Acting Game, You

I Find The World More Absurd Now Than I Did When I Was A Kid.

Watching People Just Look Out For Themselves, I Think, Is Extremely Interesting. It Goes Right Back To Something Like 'the Beggar's Opera' - The Underbelly Of Society, How It Operates, And How That Reflects Their So-called Betters.

The Fact In Acting, You Can Tap Into Your Darkest Moments In Life To Your Lightest Moments. And People Will Watch It, And Appreciate It, And Even Engage With You Because Of That. That's The Greatest Job One Earth.

The Acting I Got Into By Doing What We Call Pantomime, When I Was Sixteen. And, There Were Loads Of Very Pretty Girls In The Show. I Realized; I Found Out Very Early On, That The Lead Comic Gets The Girl. So, That Was Cool. When I Went To University, I Studied Economic Social History. And Drama. That Kind Of Got Me Into It. My Main Passion Was To Make Films. It Was Never To Be An Actor. At That Time, There Weren't Many Opportunities For A Working Class Scottish Actor. It Was Kind Of An English Thing. And It Required A Certain Mannered Cerebral Acting Style That I Couldn't Relate To.

The Films That I Really Enjoy Now Are Films That Are Made By, For Wont Of A Better Word, Mavericks.