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Scotty

New era starts now!

About Me

I'm based in London, having moved here in 1998 to find my fortune as an actor. I was born and bred in Aberdeen, where I got my sense of humour and sense of principles. I'm ambitious and am learning more and more as I get older. You've missed you chance to see MacBeth, but you can read the reviews:http://www.thecnj.com/review/051707/theatre051707_03 .htmlhttp://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23365745-det ails/Macbeth/showReview.do?reviewId=23396689http://www.timeo ut.com/london/theatre/events/398033/macbeth.htmlhttp://www.b ritishtheatreguide.info/reviews/macbethDST-rev.htmhttp://www .thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16917/macbeth

My Interests

Acting, Films and Filmaking, Theatre, Football, Cricket, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Golf, Reading, Music

I'd like to meet:

People that want to get to know me, without any preconceptions...
People that would like to employ me - go on, you know you want to...
People that have some sort of opinion - not that I'll agree with it...
Someone who can take me out of this world and show me love.
and I think I've found her now...

Music:

Hendrix, Marley, Jay-Z, Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., Jurassic 5, Kula Shaker, The Verve, John Lennon, Massive Attack, Air, Morcheeba, No City Fun, Nightmares On Wax, Portishead, Stevie Wonder, Theivery Corporation, The Streets, Sneaker Pimps, U2, Franz Ferdinand, White Stripes, Gorillaz, Lemon Jelly, Libertines, Gilles Peterson, Coldplay, Green Day, Kanye West, Kaiser Chiefs, DJ Shadow, Jeff Buckley, Mr Scruff, Killers, Doors, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, Zutons, Razorlight, Futureheads, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, Pulp, Blur, many more...

Movies:

So many, but here's a few:
Trainspotting The Manchurian Candidate (original)
The Godfather Trilogy
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Star Wars Trilogy (Ep. 4-6)
The Hustler
Garden State A Streetcar Named Desire
On The Waterfront
Cool Hand Luke
The Cinncinatti Kid
The Graduate From Here To Eternity
Dog Day Afternoon
Early James Bond
and most others.... oh, and Green Street - see if you can spot me:

Television:

The West Wing, Shameless, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mighty Boosh, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Catherine Tate, Sports Night, Sky Sports, Film 2006, Hollywood Greats, E4Music, Murder City

Books:

The Great Gatsby, The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan, Heart of Darkness, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, High Fidelity, Catch 22, Lucky Jim, Biographies in general
Plays by:
Arthur Miller, Tennesee Williams, Harold Pinter, Patrick Marber, Steve Keyworth, Jim Kenworth, Simon Farquhar

Heroes:

Frank Sinatra! Humphrey Bogart! Sean Connery! Gene Hackman! Dustin Hoffman! Gary Oldman! Alec Guinness! Willie Miller! Alex Ferguson! Dean Martin! Marlon Brando! Paul Newman! Steve McQueen! Montgomery Clift! Robert DeNiro! Al Pacino! Jack Lemmon! Kevin Spacey! Anthony Hopkins! Daniel Day-Lewis! And the comedy geniuses that are Bill Hicks, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, George Carlin, John Stewart, Will Ferrell and Steve Carell

My Blog

Devil wears prada review

Ok, so why would I go into a chick flick and run the wrath of all my male friends? Well, I'd heard great things from reviews I'd read, it did good box office in the US and it had Meryl Streep in it.&n...
Posted by Scotty on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:55:00 PST

Elgin and other screenplay ideas

I was on the phone to Abs last night who is stuck in Elgin this week.  The way she was describing it, it would be an amazing location to shoot a short film.  I must sit down and think about ...
Posted by Scotty on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:34:00 PST

New films coming out that i want to see

I promise to myself that I will see: The Science of Sleep - Michael 'Eternal sunshine...' Gondry directs Gael Garcia Bernal in a tale of dreams and reality Volver - Almadovar - nuff said Jackass ...
Posted by Scotty on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:34:00 PST

Recommendations

Today I recommend: Book: The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan - quality reading with wit, well known names and a dose of death and spanking.  Makes me want to be part of the literati. Film: Night Watch -...
Posted by Scotty on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:28:00 PST

Things I've done for the first time recently

Missed a flight (or two) Spoke German to a German Actually thrown the Big fish-Little fish-Cardboard box moves on the dancefloor  Used Shakespeare as a chat up line - didn't work as they didn'...
Posted by Scotty on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:53:00 PST

TOUGH LOVE

If you can't help your friends (who shall remain nameless)... I told my mate about a couple of pal's band's on MySpace: --------------------------------------------------------- Friend: PLease pass th...
Posted by Scotty on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:59:00 PST