Peter Mullan

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.

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.

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.