Scottish Dialect Quotes

I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.

I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!'

When you go to school in Holland you learn to speak English and write in English - but English is different from the Scottish language!

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.

When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.

The overseer wouldna speak to me of Ian, but he told me other things that would curl your hair, if it wasna already curled up like sheep's wool." He glanced at me, and a half-smile lit his face, inspite of his obvious perturbation. "Judging by the state of your hair, Sassenach, I should say that it's going to rain verra soon now.

My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.

As a Scotsman, my accent can sometimes be difficult for people to understand.

I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.

I love writing Scottish dialogue.

In my book 'The Winter Sea,' set north of Aberdeen, I couldn't just ignore the fact some people there - especially the people in the past - would speak the Doric.

Some wee short hour ayont the twal.

I still feel very Scottish.

I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they always say no. I'd love to act in a Scottish accent for once.