"I do actually have a connection with James Herriot because we went to school in the same area. I went to Hillhead Primary School in the West End of Glasgow and he went to Hillhead Secondary."

"When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible."

"I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I was growing up and getting more serious about acting, at that point, he was the biggest actor in the world."

"Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The first thing I do is lay out that melody and figure out how it has to hold here and then finish to land here, because you know in advance you're going to want the melody to catch four things in the action."

"Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me."

"I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart."