Words matter. These are the best Sam Heughan Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think that what I’d like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it’s a gateway into greater career prospects.
I’m a very boring person.
My accent is… sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
I would be lying if I said Starz doesn’t have a reputation.
Barbour is a brand that I have grown up with and been associated with since I was living near the borders of Scotland.
I love a burger and fries, but it’s not what I crave. I love to eat healthily.
There’s definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it’s nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
Being on your own sometimes is appealing.
I spend so much time in front of mirrors as part of my job that I try to avoid them outside work.
The classic, ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ for me, is the iconic story of young love.
Scotland is undoubtedly the star of ‘Outlander.’ I’m so proud of the country and all it has to offer.
I worked with a couple of chocolate Labradors, which were a lot of fun. Very excitable. They’re cute.
I like to have something to base a role on.
I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven’t picked up for a long time.
My family were pretty big hippies.
I auditioned for ‘Game of Thrones’ seven times! Loads of times.
I still do the same things, but it’s nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone’s very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it’s like for real celebrities.
I won’t tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is… but it might be somewhere on Skye.
I love hillwalking and have been doing a lot of climbing.
Honestly, there’s so many great benefits of wearing a kilt: It’s very free, it’s got its own aeration, and they’re very comfortable.
Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don’t think you are anything special.
When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
If you don’t think about or deal with an issue, it gets bigger.
You have to trust that the script is right and be comfortable with everything, and then you just have to go for it and disregard anything you’ve previously heard or felt about it.
I kind of crave loneliness.
I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that’s why we do this job. It’s not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it’s for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
When I was going through school, I joined the Lyceum Youth Theatre, and that kind of cemented it. Through being in and around the building and watching shows, I realised that there was something I really loved about it, so I went into the stage management side.
‘Outlander’ is based on a group of books; there’s a slight fantasy element to it, but ours is authentic – we try to stick to historical accuracy as possible. Ours is about a small group of people and a core relationship rather than big armies.
I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It’s very practical; it’s very outdoorsy. It’s what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
I actually got an initial sense of how big ‘Outlander’ was going to be on Twitter. We’re all on there to help promote the show and also interact with the fans.
I’ve done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it’s great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
It’s something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
I’m very lucky. I had a great childhood.
When I was growing up, we had cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, goats, chickens – a whole menagerie.
I’m still coming to terms with what it’s like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
I’m not into pancake things. I’m into eggs. Lots of eggs.
I was doing a tour of the ‘Batman’ live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
I was brought up in a very rural area on grounds of a castle. It was a working farm, and I even remember the local shepherd wearing his Barbour jacket.
I was a big ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fan and ‘Star Trek’ fan. I grew up watching those.
Everything goes with blond. You can wear it with any color, and it’s great.
I love sci-fi. Growing up, I was a big fan of the ‘Alien’ series, ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,’ etcetera. Plus, anything apocalyptic – ‘I Am Legend,’ ‘1984,’ ‘Battlestar Galactica.’
I love a man bun.
Youth theatre isn’t just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It’s for everyone; it’s about a community, it’s about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills – not just acting but all the other sides – working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
I think, anyone in the arts, you’re self-employed; it’s so difficult.
I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling – to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring and sort of being an actor around Scottish theater.