Denis Lawson

I think of myself as a light comedian.

— Denis Lawson

Playing the villain is great fun.

— Denis Lawson

I rather like contemporary art.

— Denis Lawson

I've always been interested in Jewish culture, but never had a chance to dip into it.

— Denis Lawson

I hadn't read Dickens for a while and doing 'Bleak House' was great.

— Denis Lawson

I quite like Jackson Pollock, and have a real gut reaction to it, so it does whatever it does to me.

— Denis Lawson

I don't really have a problem at all with doing a show that a lot of people watch.

— Denis Lawson

To make 800 people laugh for a couple of hours is a wonderful feeling, because you know you're doing them a lot…

— Denis Lawson

'Local Hero' was probably the most enjoyable job I've ever done then or since. It's had a very long shelf life.

— Denis Lawson

My mother was a dancer when she was a kid and I gather she was very good, but was never allowed to…

— Denis Lawson

I had this idea when I left drama school that if I could do everything, I'd always be working.

— Denis Lawson

In my professional life, when I started I felt it was very transitory. You meet people, you have to make this very…

— Denis Lawson

What's it like to have my trousers pulled down? It's not as awful as it seems. Doing that kind of thing with…

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What I've always liked as an actor is to do a lot of different kinds of things. I've done musicals, stage, TV…

— Denis Lawson

My parents came out of Glasgow during the Depression and both - particularly my father - had very tough childhoods. They fought…

— Denis Lawson

I do some very high energy comedy, vaudeville, music hall stuff, and people who've seen my work on camera, on TV and…

— Denis Lawson

I always enjoy the scenes with Dennis Waterman, particularly when we're playing comedy, we're always finding stuff together and he's very immediate.

— Denis Lawson

My first starring role was in 'Rumpelstiltskin' and the lightbulb moment for me came when I had to stamp my foot at…

— Denis Lawson

I've always felt a very strong affinity with Jewish people. Over the years I find I've become very friendly with certain people…

— Denis Lawson

When I was a young actor and working in London, I would pop home to see my sister, and Ewan would always…

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I was approached by Disney to reprise my role but I wasn't interested. The movies are sure to be brilliant but I…

— Denis Lawson

Way back at the beginning, I went to see George Lucas when he first came to London for 'Star Wars.' I met…

— Denis Lawson

The way the show was conceived originally and developed, has always had good writing at the heart of it, it's very difficult…

— Denis Lawson

In P7, I played Robin in a musical version of 'Robin Hood' and afterwards DO McLean was standing with mum and dad…

— Denis Lawson

Ewan was auditioning to get into acting college and asked me for advice as he wasn't connecting with the piece he was…

— Denis Lawson

For my money, acting has been over-intellectualized. It's only playing.

— Denis Lawson

This is the best thing that happens to me all night - a pint of cold Guinness.

— Denis Lawson

I'd be very interested to direct myself on film. I think it would be almost impossible on the stage.

— Denis Lawson

I had a feeling 'Star Wars' might do well, but I didn't anticipate just how well.

— Denis Lawson

I got married on a beach in Italy. It was very romantic getting married in Italian. But I've no idea what we…

— Denis Lawson

I don't know how I ever built a career, really, because I have always been absolutely terrible at auditions.

— Denis Lawson

Scotland is extraordinary as a location, the light is amazing, for instance on the west coast.

— Denis Lawson

My family are all Glasgow. I was born there. Govan. When it was very tough. The tenements. All that stuff.

— Denis Lawson

Edinburgh is a phenomenal location for movies and should be used more.

— Denis Lawson

A big moment for me came when 'Singin' in the Rain' came out. It hit me like a sledgehammer - that's what…

— Denis Lawson

For the first ten years of my career, or up to the point I did 'Local Hero,' I was always trying to…

— Denis Lawson

Laughter is like surfing; it's like a wave coming out of the auditorium - before it has died off, you must come…

— Denis Lawson

I see 'Jekyll' as a very scary comedy thriller, partly because Hyde is violent and frightening as a character but at the…

— Denis Lawson

I get so bored about that, please don't ask me about 'Star Wars.' It was just so unimportant to me as a…

— Denis Lawson

I began to tell people that I wanted to be an entertainer. Between the ages of five and 11 there was an…

— Denis Lawson