Words matter. These are the best Kelly Macdonald Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 changed. It’s much more vibrant, bohemian. But I’m 35 and I’ve become a bit of a homebody, I don’t really go out much. Same in New York. My home could be anywhere but I love Glasgow.
I properly enjoy what I do, but I know it’s not brain surgery. I don’t take myself too seriously.
I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that’s with all my clothes on.
I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.
When I started acting I knew nothing. It was a momentous decision to pick up the flyer for the ‘Trainspotting’ audition. ‘Destined’ is a bit of a poncy word for it, but I do think I was headed in that direction.
Most of my memories are the sound of rain on caravan roofs.
I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it says, ‘You might also like,’ or ‘Other people who bought this have bought that.’
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 that doesn’t always happen, and there’s not always a rhyme or reason.
It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in ‘Trainspotting,’ but it’s been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don’t want my brain to implode.
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 see the back of.
I’ve always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.
I adore the fact that when I’m driving home from work, as soon as I hit my neighbourhood, I see people I know.
People don’t change very much, and the things life ends up being about don’t change from generation to generation. Life is about love. And people’s stories don’t really change. Your environment changes dramatically, technology changes, but people don’t change, in the way our minds work.
I’m pretty happy with the two cities I call home now – Glasgow and New York. But I’d like to give Paris a shot.
What I’m normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.
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.
The people on programmes like ‘Made in Chelsea’ just want to be celebrities. It’s so depressing. No proper actor has that as a goal. I’m striving for longevity in my career.
Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.
New Mexico was such a strange place; it was like filming on Mars.
I get claustrophobic in a harness. I’d be a terrible superhero.
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, we went to Grandma and Grandad’s caravan near Aberfoyle.
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 not that I’m not ambitious, but I don’t have a drive to be hugely successful and be working all the time.
I spent pretty much all my wages from ‘No Country For Old Men’ on a pair of cowboy boots. They’re ridiculous. It’s like wearing two Christmas trees on my legs.
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 hard not to see my faults.
I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I probably wouldn’t have had the confidence for drama school, though I did send off for an application form.
