My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns – 99% of the time, you’ll be glad you did. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don’t want you to find out and piecing it all together. I love the treasure hunt aspect of it, the thrill of the chase. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it’s useful. I see myself as being without nationality, as a European: my region is Scotland; my nationality is European – isn’t that a very Alex Salmond thing to say? Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
I don’t think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of your life, and where you spend them, brand you. In that sense, I’ll always be a Scottish director. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
I’m not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he’s called Macdonald, and you don’t get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I’ve always been very aware of that – always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it’s a bit like anyone: where you’re brought up, you have an irresistible attraction to that place; it defines who you are. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there’s this ‘Moby Dick’ element, this Ahab element to them. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
The Internet has meant that advertising has migrated; there are hardly any classifieds in newspapers any more because they’re all online. If people have a car to sell, for example, they sell it online; they don’t go to the newspaper. Kevin Macdonald Read Quote
