Scots Quotes

Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.

This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.

I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.'

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It's all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.

One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns.