I wanted a jumper. After all, in Shetland you are in the land of the Fair Isle sweater. But then everyone said… — Douglas Henshall Avoid Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, I do a job at which I can make a living and I like it. That's the bottom line. I still… — Douglas Henshall Bottom line Copy Share Image
What the Americans have done is refuse to back down. They've refused to make the cheapest, lowest common denominator forms of entertainment… — Douglas Henshall Common denominator Copy Share Image
It's one of those weird things you start doing: you get to have on-screen teenage children and play policemen. That's what happens… — Douglas Henshall Children Copy Share Image
Fatherhood, parenthood, is something that completely overwhelms you and absorbs you, and you just have to be the best dad that you… — Douglas Henshall Best Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do good work, but not in order to buy big houses and big cars. I just wanted to… — Douglas Henshall Books Copy Share Image
I do believe in my national identity. I'm very proud, of what I come from and where I come from, and there… — Douglas Henshall Believe Copy Share Image
Flying to Fair Isle from Lerwick is an experience I'll never forget. — Douglas Henshall Experience Copy Share Image
But as an actor, you spend the majority of your life being rejected. — Douglas Henshall Actor Copy Share Image
I read Ann Cleeves's books and think the way she paints Shetland is very interesting. — Douglas Henshall Books Copy Share Image
It's been great being on location in Shetland and out in the fresh air. — Douglas Henshall Air Copy Share Image
I don't think I am someone who sits on someone else's coat tails while others do worthwhile work. — Douglas Henshall I am Copy Share Image
My ma wanted to go and have a wee look at where all the Scottish kings had been buried. So we traipsed… — Douglas Henshall Find Copy Share Image
When you're young, there are always going to be one or two people who take a shine to you or get you… — Douglas Henshall God Copy Share Image
I always think that your first test of loyalty as a young lad is your football team. — Douglas Henshall Football Copy Share Image
I'll lie awake and think about scenes I could have done better, that I could have filmed in a different way. — Douglas Henshall Better Copy Share Image
We have a rich cultural tapestry in Scotland, it's not that there's a lack of stories. — Douglas Henshall Cultural Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how people interact with the landscape around them, and the effect that has. — Douglas Henshall Around Copy Share Image
Well you know, there's a lot of people on Shetland who've never been to Fair Isle. The place itself is very unique… — Douglas Henshall Enough Copy Share Image
With 'Shallow Grave' people realised that you could set a film in Scotland and it didn't have to be about leaky boats… — Douglas Henshall Film Copy Share Image
In some respects, I was almost a country boy. I ran around in streams and rivers and all that sort of thing. — Douglas Henshall Around Copy Share Image
One of my pet hates is people re-Tweeting praise, I loathe it more than anything else in the world. — Douglas Henshall More Copy Share Image
The Scandis blew the crime genre out of the water and the Americans have been doing interesting things with it for years. — Douglas Henshall Doing Copy Share Image