I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

Villains are often attractive.

I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.

No one will die if they don't know how old I am.

Death Of A Salesman is a great acting job.

My first major role was in a play called Through the Leaves.

For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.

In every area, we seem to have thrown everything away and embraced reality television. Its nauseating, programme after programme.

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime you have to draw the line somewhere.

Its oke to be sad. I've been trained to love my darkness

Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap.

People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.

My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Beethoven and Bach.

... sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.

Because I make films about eating disorders and sexual assault, people always come up to me and are like, "Are you okay?" like I'm a broken-down shell of a woman.

Hinduism is not a codified religion.

I love my kids; I'm very close to all three of them.

Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.