Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.
Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter.
I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.
My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.
I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book.
My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed, there was never recourse to benefits, so if money was tight, money was tight. It taught me that we were a closed unit, and that we had to be resourceful.
I delivered leaflets for my dad and was paid £5 per thousand, which was slave labour.
I dream a dream that dreams back at me
I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world.
Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.
I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.