A biography for Douglas Henshallhasn’t been written yet.
“My ma wanted to go and have a wee look at where all the Scottish kings had been buried. So we traipsed over Mull, in the pishing rain, with the parents desperately trying to find things to do as is the case with a holiday in Scotland, then on to Iona.”
“No, I wouldn't like to be a policeman.”
“I'm the only emotional frame of reference I've got.”
“When you're young, there are always going to be one or two people who take a shine to you or get you and want to help you. Thank God for them.”
“The Catholic Church is wealthier than Coca-Cola, but takes from some of the poorest people in the world.”
“It's been great being on location in Shetland and out in the fresh air.”
“I suppose if the script and storyline is good, you've got to take what you're given, really.”
“With 'Shallow Grave' people realised that you could set a film in Scotland and it didn't have to be about leaky boats in the Highlands. Then 'Trainspotting' made it fashionable.”
“Flying to Fair Isle from Lerwick is an experience I'll never forget.”
“But as an actor, you spend the majority of your life being rejected.”
“I always feel I'd like to just play people who are a bit less complicated.”
“Well you know, there's a lot of people on Shetland who've never been to Fair Isle. The place itself is very unique but also the people there were fantastic. They couldn't have done enough for us.”
“Ninety percent of the time when you see rape on the television it is gratuitous and there to either bolster viewing figures or as a lazy way of treating female cast.”
“I always think that your first test of loyalty as a young lad is your football team.”
“I'm a big basketball fan. I like the NBA.”
“David Hayman gave me my Equity card and my first job out of drama school - the first person I really looked up to professionally.”
“I'm not very good at being objective about myself.”
“I'm interested in how people interact with the landscape around them, and the effect that has.”
“In some respects, I was almost a country boy. I ran around in streams and rivers and all that sort of thing.”
“I had a film career in the late 90s. And then I stopped having a film career because suddenly I didn't do anything.”