Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Denis Cox, CBEis a Scottish actor who works with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He is also best known for appearing in The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, X2, Braveheart, Rushmore, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Troy and Doctor Who. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 feature film Manhunter...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 June 1946
CityDundee, Scotland
views world universal-truth
In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.
secret way looks
Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.
reality views wish
We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets.
moving hands theory
Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.
stars heart dying
Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.
dream past journey
Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth. Follow the light and we can journey from the confines of our planet to other worlds that orbit the Sun without ever dreaming of spacecraft. To look up is to look back in time, because the ancient beams of light are messengers from the Universe's distant past.
needs different checks
Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.
beautiful confused complicated
You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.
stars children space
When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.
fun rights religion
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!
mean cosmos life-is
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
leading responsibility
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.
eastern though
I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.
bad good living london money movies occasional rather television theater work
I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's going to be doing this occasional good work in the theater and then ever diminishing bad television. I thought I'd rather do bad movies than bad television because you get more money for it.