He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.

I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in Cranhill.

After I've been in America for a while, I get homesick for Scotland.

Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now.

My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.

I think Scotland has some great stories.

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.

Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.

For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

You will never choose love greater than what you believe you deserve and what other insecure people tell your lack of self esteem to have faith in.

If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that.

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

Legend gathered around him, swirling around him like a great black cloak.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

the health of the planet is affected by the health of every individual on it !

The act of resisting something is the act of granting it life... the more you resist, the more you make it real - whatever it is you are resisting.

Today is much more an age of greed

You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.