I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it... and a bit of confidence maybe.

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

I love walking along Leiths waterfront and wandering around some of New Towns beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture.

I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

You don't have to just do what's planned, you can take what's immediately in front of you and use that.

I love walking along Leith's waterfront and wandering around some of New Town's beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture.

...the sweetness of grace and freedom comes hand in hand with the uncomfortable, bitter-rawness of honest emotions and grief.

Some books are so special that you never forget where you were the first time you read them.

Peace of mind! All we need is peace of mind!

If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema.

Act like a VIP and become a VIP

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

Everything in a wide sense is a kind of a self-portrait. It's just the way you see things and you're curious about certain things and just excited about them.

Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever.