Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. Its not glam.

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.

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

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.

Life is beautiful. Like a beautiful blue wave, it ebbs and flows, sometimes gushing forth and sometimes receding quietly.

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.

We will not know Him, until we become like him.

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.

Pleasure unparalleled, into the ocean of love we fell. Swimming in the timeless currents of pure bliss, fantasies interchanging with every kiss.

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

Unity is plural and, at a minimum, is two.