Brian Cox

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. ↗

— Brian Cox

#cosmos #inspirational #life #universe #inspirational

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star. ↗

— Brian Cox

#science #universe #life

I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist. ↗

— Brian Cox

#been #class #come #community #eastern

I didn't have this feeling that I should be a leading actor in the cinema. And I wouldn't want the responsibility of the opening weekend. ↗

— Brian Cox

#cinema #feeling #i #leading #opening

I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I can make it a triptych. ↗

— Brian Cox

#both #british #i #i can #i think

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. ↗

— Brian Cox

#fact #high #hostages #i #in fact

I've always wanted to make a film. ↗

— Brian Cox

#film #i #make #wanted

I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming. ↗

— Brian Cox

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As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to do movies.' Then it was finding the means to do it. ↗

— Brian Cox

#boy #came #finding #home #i

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything. ↗

— Brian Cox

#always #anything #life #make #meaning