Quotes from Kelly Macdonald

I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.

It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.

Most of my memories are the sound of rain on caravan roofs.

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.

I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who's strong on the inside, but the characters are so very different I don't see it as any kind of typecasting.

Sometimes I bite off a fingernail to use as a toothpick. Nasty.

I don't think I've been shy in the past. Young and uncomfortable, maybe. But shy? It has become this annoying term that I've been lumbered with.

New Mexico was such a strange place; it was like filming on Mars.

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

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.

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.

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.

I'm no good at anecdotes.

I adore the fact that when I'm driving home from work, as soon as I hit my neighbourhood, I see people I know.

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.