Mark Bonnar Quotes

I sold burglar alarms for four weeks, which wasn’t very long, but it was long enough.

There’s nothing quite like being able to get into the minds of other people, and figure out how they work, and what makes other people tick. And going against your own grain sometimes, to push yourself into places you wouldn’t go emotionally.

Certainly with stage, as I’m remembering, you don’t get to spend any time at home. With film, you might do three, four days a week, and they might not be full days. So that aspect of it was a consideration. But I also just wanted to try different kinds of working.

Work breeds a bit of work sometimes. If you’re in the right place at the right time, that can lead to other things.

Crime makes for great drama and it’s interesting because it delves into the darker side of us. Those kind of stories go way back, the detective and the criminal.

I started writing my own symphony. I wrote about a page and a half. My mum and dad took it into music class and gave it, pleased as punch, to the teacher, Miss Montgomery. She played it on the piano for them. So I think they’re the only ones that ever heard it.

London and the surrounds are a great place to be. It is a great part of the world.

I loved the pace of life and the majesty of New Zealand. It’s similar to Scotland – but feels newer.

I have lived in England for a long time. And I love it.

I tend to keep my love of heavy metal under the radar.

And something like ‘Unforgotten’ is impressive with the myriad threads of people’s lives so brilliantly woven together.

My big love is red wine and I once went to a vineyard in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, where we drank exquisite pinot noir.

I did a bungee jump in New Zealand even though I’m afraid of heights – it’s good to step outside your comfort zone.

According to a lot of people I am in everything and they’re sick of the sight of me.

I take each job on its merits. If a job’s good, and it’s worth doing for the reasons you want to do it, then I make that decision at the time.

I mean sex can be funny for heaven‘s sake.

There’s nothing like driving into Glencoe and feeling for the first time that you’re in the Highlands.

In history we studied the bog man. Do you remember the bog man? I was absolutely fascinated by this. When something brings the past into sharp focus as a child it creates an indelible impression.