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I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't even know there were drama schools until a friend told me.

I first decided to become an actor at school. A teacher gave us a play to do and that had a major impact. At first, I wanted to work in the theatre, but there was something about the ambience of film, especially American films, that always attracted me.

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.