The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Getting to know you
Michael Moreland plays The Monster in Perth Theatre’s co-production of Frankenstein next week
Q Do you have a role model actor?
A I’m a big fan of both Anthony Hopkins and Brian Cox.
Q What do you do to inspire creativity?
A I walk and smoke!
Q Anything you do to get in character?
A I create a music playlist.
Q What was your Plan B, in terms of a career?
A To be a priest.
Q Which writers, alive or dead, inspire you?
A Magnus Mills, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harold Pinter.
Q Your house is on fire. What one item do you save?
A The children.
Q Theme song for your life?
A This Charming Man by The Smiths.
Q Last meal on earth?
A It has to be Pot Noodle.
Q Dream dinner party guests?
A Captain Scott, Peter Sellars, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Pitt and Kim Novak.
Q First thing you’d do if you won £1 million?
A Buy a fancy lighter.
Q If you could rule for a day, what would be the first thing you’d do?
A Ban dogs.
Q Who would you like to thank?
A My mum.
Q Tell us something about yourself that most people don’t know?
A I have three nipples.
Q Favourite holiday destination?
A Tayport.
Q What was the last book you read?
A The Locust Room by John Burnside.
Q If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A Pot Noodle – Chicken and Mushroom.
Q What makes you happy?
A My children.
Q What makes you sad?
A My children.
Q What was the first album you ever bought?
A Life by the Inspiral Carpets.
Q What do you do to unwind?
A Listen to The Fall.
Q Happiest memory?
A Celtic 6 Rangers 2.
Q Biggest regret?
A Not travelling more when I was younger.
Q What are you proudest of?
A My Cockney children supporting Celtic.
Q What advice would you give to your younger self?
A Don’t start smoking.
Q Could you save someone’s life?
A I would try.
Q What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do?
A Play Mother Goose.
Q Do you give money to beggars?
A If I’m not skint.
Q What was the worst punishment you had as a child?
A Standing next to a fish tank but told not to look at the fish.
Q What keeps you awake at night?
A The weird and the eerie.
Q What three words would your best friend use to describe you?
A Nippy, nippy, nippy.
Q What have you got in your pockets/ handbag?
A Tobacco, filters, papers, lighter, phone, wallet, glasses, £2.85, tissue.
Q If you could turn back the clock what one thing would you change?
A Celtic losing on penalties to Raith Rovers in the League Cup final.