Kelly Macdonald

It can get a bit boring working on accents.

— Kelly Macdonald

I'm no good at anecdotes.

— Kelly Macdonald

I'm so not a celebrity.

— Kelly Macdonald

New Mexico was such a strange place; it was like filming on Mars.

— Kelly Macdonald

Most of my memories are the sound of rain on caravan roofs.

— Kelly Macdonald

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.

— Kelly Macdonald

Sometimes I bite off a fingernail to use as a toothpick. Nasty.

— Kelly Macdonald

I get claustrophobic in a harness. I'd be a terrible superhero.

— Kelly Macdonald

I loved Winnie the Pooh, the Disney character, and I loved his wit and warmth.

— Kelly Macdonald

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

— Kelly Macdonald

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.

— Kelly Macdonald

Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.

— Kelly Macdonald

I properly enjoy what I do, but I know it's not brain surgery. I don't take myself too seriously.

— Kelly Macdonald

I adore the fact that when I'm driving home from work, as soon as I hit my neighbourhood, I see people I…

— Kelly Macdonald

Watching films I'm in is always a bit odd, especially when I'm watching them for the first time with other people. It's…

— Kelly Macdonald

I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.

— Kelly Macdonald

The people on programmes like 'Made in Chelsea' just want to be celebrities. It's so depressing. No proper actor has that as…

— Kelly Macdonald

I've done a few American accents. I've maybe passed a test. But I don't know if it makes things easier or not.

— Kelly Macdonald

L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I'm always ready to leave. But New York I'm never quite happy to…

— Kelly Macdonald

It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind…

— Kelly Macdonald

People don't change very much, and the things life ends up being about don't change from generation to generation. Life is about…

— Kelly Macdonald

Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a…

— Kelly Macdonald

I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I…

— Kelly Macdonald

It's really great if people actually want to see something that you've made and you've put a lot of effort into. And…

— Kelly Macdonald

It's just the way I'm made. I do feel confident in what I do. It doesn't always work out 100% of the…

— Kelly Macdonald

It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an…

— Kelly Macdonald

I don't lobby where work is concerned. As long as I know I've got something coming up, I don't really worry. It's…

— Kelly Macdonald

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone…

— Kelly Macdonald

Mine wasn't a lakes-and-boats kind of childhood. I grew up on a Glasgow council estate with a single mother. For our holidays,…

— Kelly Macdonald

I don't think I've been shy in the past. Young and uncomfortable, maybe. But shy? It has become this annoying term that…

— Kelly Macdonald

I'm pretty happy with the two cities I call home now - Glasgow and New York. But I'd like to give Paris…

— Kelly Macdonald

I spent pretty much all my wages from 'No Country For Old Men' on a pair of cowboy boots. They're ridiculous. It's…

— Kelly Macdonald

I walk away from jobs generally feeling good about it and that I've done a good job. And it's always slightly deflating…

— Kelly Macdonald

I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.

— Kelly Macdonald

I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it…

— Kelly Macdonald

A few years ago, if you had told me I'd be moving back to Glasgow I'd have said, 'No way'. But it's…

— Kelly Macdonald

I don't think you can be involved in film and not be a fan of theirs. The one that I just go…

— Kelly Macdonald

There was nobody in my family who knew anything about the film industry. I'm from the west of Scotland. It's not exactly…

— Kelly Macdonald

They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The…

— Kelly Macdonald

I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who's strong on the inside, but the characters…

— Kelly Macdonald