00:00Sometimes it's hard to remember junkets because, you know, we come in thick and fast, but I had a lovely
00:03conversation with you and Kayleigh the other day about Highland cows.
00:07Yes.
00:08You had the socks.
00:09Well done, yeah.
00:10Have you, I was wondering if you'd ruminate on it a bit more, and have you figured like, actually, yeah,
00:15every house I go into there are Highland cows, as in your parents' house too.
00:18Other than my own house, I don't think I've seen another house since I saw you, only what, a few
00:22days ago it feels like, a week ago.
00:25But no, I haven't noticed, I haven't noticed, but I will keep my eyes peeled.
00:30I'm actually going to my mum's tomorrow.
00:32Oh, there you go.
00:32So I will get back to you.
00:34Keep a tally.
00:35I'm pretty sure there's a huge, huge portrait of a Highland cow on the stairs.
00:40They famously bring the room together in any room you go in.
00:44Hey, congratulations on being an artist at Distinction this evening, which is a pretty lofty title.
00:48What does that title mean to you?
00:50I know I have to be humble, but what does it mean?
00:51Well, you know, I, firstly, I'd say I feel very honoured, and it feels surreal, honestly,
01:02like to be recognised for the work that I have done, and work that, you know, I personally
01:08have, for the past 15 years, looked back on, kind of wondering why I chose this, and why
01:14I did it like that, and why I did it like this.
01:16I'm always very self-critical, so knowing that there is someone, at least one person, or maybe
01:21two people out there that, you know, believe in me, and believe that I'm worthy of this
01:26honour, it feels, yeah, it feels surreal.
01:29I feel very lucky.
01:30I think you seem like a very thoughtful man, and when you, you know, you're looking back
01:34at these roles, and you question yourself, but ultimately, are you a person who, like,
01:39surely you don't live with regrets of roles and stuff?
01:41You don't regret any projects?
01:42Like, they all did something for yourself, and let us do where we are today, and all that.
01:46Well, I think that's exactly the point.
01:48I think I look back at my work, and I see the growth.
01:51Like, each job, I feel like I get a bit better.
01:53I learn a bit more.
01:54I educate myself more.
01:56I grow not only as an actor, but as a person in life, and I feel like each job, I
02:00try to
02:00look for something that challenges me in some way, be it emotionally, mentally, physically.
02:07You know, and long may those challenges come.
02:09I don't, I like to feel like I'm earning my keep, you know, and I feel like sometimes
02:14this job doesn't feel like work, because I love what I do, and, you know, I love telling
02:20stories, I love observing people, I love having the opportunity to sort of tell these stories,
02:26and I feel, yeah, I feel very fortunate that I get to do what I love, so I try, by
02:33any means
02:34possible, to sort of push myself into an uncomfortable place, because I want to grow.
02:38I want to learn, and I want to be better, and, you know, I'm personally okay with the
02:46fact that I'm not overly proud of myself sometimes.
02:50I feel like it pushes me to, you know, to strive for perfection, which is unattainable,
02:54but, like, I think, I think sometimes it's a good thing as an actor to kind of stay modest,
02:58stay humble.
02:59Yeah, I was just going to say, it keeps you humble.
03:01Yeah.
03:01I have options then.
03:02Are there challenges untouched in your career at this point?
03:06Are you looking for a certain type of challenge, like, to achieve, like, you know, some kind
03:10of career goal at this point, do you think?
03:12Yeah, I think, I think there are a lot, actually.
03:16Like, I, you know, there are some filmmakers out there that I would be so lucky to work
03:22with, and would dream of working with.
03:24Manifest it for us, let's name some.
03:26Oh, well, I mean, you know, speaking of one battle after another, I feel like I was just
03:30speaking about it quite a lot recently, only because people have asked, like, what was
03:34the most, sort of, impactful film that you've seen recently?
03:37And that, that film, to me, is almost a flawless piece of cinema.
03:42So, like, Paul Thomas Anderson.
03:43I mean, the, the obvious, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Martin Scorsese, just to say he worked
03:48at Scorsese.
03:49Um, Quentin Tarantino, I know, I know, I feel like he may have retired now, I'm not
03:55sure.
03:56Almost.
03:56Yeah.
03:57Uh, Fincher, I love David Fincher.
04:01Like, and I, I know that his style of working is very, very specific and, uh, and taxing,
04:07you know, but he gets the results.
04:09And I feel like having an experience of being put through something of that ilk would be,
04:14uh, interesting, very new.
04:19Congratulations again.
04:20Enjoy tonight as well.
04:21And so, yeah, honestly, thrill for you.
04:22See you this time next year.
04:23We'll talk about cows again.
04:24Yes.
04:24Yeah, please.
04:25A bit of it.
04:26Thanks, guys.
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