James McAvoy Is Scottish In His Personal Life

>> Stephen: YOU SAY YOU FEEL AT HEME IN A THEATER. >> YES. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF STAGE WORK, HAVEN'T YOU? >> I HAVE DONE A LOT OF STAGE WORK. I HAVE DONE MACBETH. ARE WE ALLOWED TO SAY IT? YES WE ARE, ONE, TWO, THREE. >> MACBETH! >> YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE. I DID MACBETH AND QUITE OFTEN WORK WITH THE SAME GUY, JAILY LLOYD, A DIRECTOR, WHO IS WONDERFUL. I'M JURY LUCKY. >> Stephen: SPEAKING OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND BUT WHEN I MET YOU BACKSTAGE I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY THE FACT I KNOW YOU FROM, LIKE, "ATONEMENT," AND OBVIOUSLY AS PROFESSOR XAVIER. I THINK OF YOU AS ENGLISH. >> I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGLISHMAN. BUT-- I HELP THEM OUT WHEN THEY'RE BUSY, BUT IN MY SPARE TIME, I'M SCOTTISH. ( LAUGHTER ). >> Stephen: DOES IT BOTHER YOU THAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU AS ENGLISH INSTEAD OF SCOTTISH? HOW SCOTTISH ARE YOU? >> I'M THE REAL DEAL, THE FULL SQUARE SAUSAGE. >> Stephen: I'M SORRY. >> ANYBODY SCOTTISH? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SQUARE SCOTTISH IS? IT'S NOT A EUPHEMISM FOR A KIND OF BIG, SEXUAL THING. >> Stephen: THE SQUARE SAUSAGE? >> IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T PUT A SQUARE THING NAY ROUND HOLE-- NO. YEAH, NO, A SQUARE SAUSAGE IS A BEEF PATTY THAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE AS A BREAKFAST SAUSAGE, AND PEOPLE FROM SCOTLAND ARE WILD ABOUT IT. PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD ARE WILDLY RUNNING AWAY FROM IT. ( LAUGHTER ). >> Stephen: SO WHY WHEREIN SCOTLAND ARE YOU FROM? >> I'M FROM GLASGOW, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE. >> Stephen: PEOPLE FROM LIVERPOOL ARE LIVERPUD LIANNES. WHAT ARE PEOPLE FROM GLASGOW CALLED? >> WE'RE GLASSWEEJIANS. OTHER PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND CALL US OUIJAS, BUT WE NEVER CALL OURS THAT. WE'RE GLASSWEEJIAN. >> Stephen: DID YOU GROW UP IN A WORKING CLASS FAMILY GEE, DI. I GREW UP IN A COUNCIL OF STATE. >> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT CALLED? >> I THINK YOU GUYS CALL A PROJECT. >> Stephen: OH, A HOUSING PROJECT. >> WE CALL IT COUNCIL OF STATE. THERE WAS AN AREA CALLED THE GARBLES AND IT WAS SLUMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT PARCH THE WAR, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THEY BUILT NEW PLACES, KIND OF MORE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN AND THEY MOVED EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO THERE. IT WAS QUITE A BIG STATE. >> Stephen: YOU WERE OFTEN KNOWN FOR PLAYING WELL-- NOT JUST ENGLISH CHARACTERS BUT SORT OF POSH ENGLISH CHARACTERS. DO YOUR FRIENDS BACK FROM THE COUNCIL OF STATES THINK YOU'RE TOO BIG FOR YOUR BRITCHES OR ARE THEY HAPPY ABOUT IT? >> MY FRIENDS FROM WHERE I USED TO RUN ABOUT AND GO TO SCHOOL, EVEN WHEN I'M IN MY OWN SCOTTISH ACCENT THINK I HAVE BECOME CREDIBLE POSH, I THINK. I'VE BEEN IN LONDON FOR 16 YEARS NOW AND YOU KNOW YOUR ACCENT CHANGES. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I GOT FED UP WITH PEOPLE GOING,"WHAT'S HE SAYING? IS HE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT SQUARE SAUSAGE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING." >> Stephen: IS THAT THE-- IS THAT THE THE LONDON ACCENT? >> THAT'S THE LONDON ACCENT. >> Stephen: HEY, Y'ALL, WE'RE FROM LONDON.

Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Length: 3min 19sec (199 seconds)

Published: Thu May 26 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/mankieneck]

Always find "How Scottish are you?" to be a weird fucking question. It's a binary state.

[u/nautical_bob]

Did anyone else get an ebay advert for a kilo of square sausage after the video ?

[u/Osmyrn]

The latest expression of being Scottish, "The Full Square Sausage."

[u/IamChoco]

This guy makes being a chat show host look really difficult.

[u/Alcation]

Reading the subtitles was fantastic on this

[u/Sillyferus]

I was losing interest in wee McAvoy, in "X-Men First Class" I thought he was pure ham and I held it against him ever since. But then I watch "Filth" the other night... jeezo... he was mesmerizing. Faith restored.

[u/weegieboy]

"Other people in Scotland call us weegies but we never call ourselves weegies!"

Time for a new username :(

[u/RustySpannerz]

I really liked that! Good for people to see us as more than just bagpipes and Haggis...

[u/Oldmacd]

Those subtitles are quite special.