The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.

I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserves success. I have the drive to work. Maybe that's why I've stayed on the fringe.

Real median household incomes in the U.S. were basically the same in 1989 as in 2014. But we are also seeing similar challenges in the U.K. in the stagnation of real wages.

When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky.

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing

The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.