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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

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I started to itch to do a play again and 'Macbeth' came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do it in a conventional way. A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.

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I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.

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Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

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I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.

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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.

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I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.

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Be who you like as long as you mean it.

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I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.

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Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura.

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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.

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When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.

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I'm not a fan of Twitter.

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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.

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I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.

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It's actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you'll be okay.

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I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

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Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.

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