“As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a work...” — Brian Cox Quote

“As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to do movies.' Then it was finding the means to do it.”

“Charles Laughton, who's a great hero of mine, only ever made one film and it happens to be one of the great films ever, which is 'The Night of the Hunter.' It's full of his kind of imagination and creation and how you do things and just in the way he used the studio, I just thought it was a fantastical way of using the studio.”

“I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.”

“If you want something Scottish, go get yourself a kilt.”

“I am Scottish. I am also British.”