If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.

There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.

I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

I can't afford to slow down, but I suppose it really depends. As long as there's enough enthusiasm, then one wants to continue.

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.

I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.

Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.

I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there... I told the stewardess liquor for three... Who are the other two?...Oh, there are no other two

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.