Life lessons: actor Brian Cox on what life so far has taught him
Graeme Green
created: July 7, 2025, 5 a.m. | updated: July 22, 2025, 6:55 a.m.
What makes me angry … Poverty, and the way people are treated, the way people are written off.
I went to a school where I was probably trained to be ignored but I will not be ignored.
I think life is about work.
Brian Cox stars in Make it Happen, a new satirical play about the Royal Bank of Scotland’s role in the 2008 financial crash.
Image: David VintinerMy parents taught me … My mother had a great sense of humour and my dad was wonderfully kind.
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