I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.

When I look back at it now, my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes.

While other countries may espouse the liberal utopian dream of a global community, it's usually only to get the richer countries to pay more money for the world's problems.

I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

The middle class is a group defined by more than just money: it also leans on credentials, education, aspirations, assets, and, of course, household income.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.