Peter Mullan

A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

The Vatican is like a huge kind of magician's club. The more you look into it the more awful it becomes. And they're laughing at us. That's when I get angry.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.