Outlander star Sam Heughan was back in the capital this week as he paid a visit to one of the city's top restaurants.
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Sam Heughan opened up about his time at drama school a Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire when he was branded a 'bad actor'.
The 41-year-old star is now best known for his role as Highland warrior Jamie Fraser in the on-screen adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels, alongside Caitriona Balfe.
Heughan, originally from Dumfries-shire, had big success during his time at the Royal Conservatoire, after performing Outlying Islands and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer - despite lecturers doubting his acting abilities.
In a recent interview with Square Mile, the Scotsman revealed he first thought he might succeed at acting when he was in university.
He said: "I don’t think you ever think you’re going to succeed. Even now.
"There’s always that question in the back of your head: oh my God, what if I never work again? I certainly never feel like I’m at the top of the game: you always feel like you could be better at something.
"I suppose the first time I really thought I can do this was at drama school. I was s**t at drama school. I was told I was a bad actor.
"And then in my second year I played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. I remember one day in rehearsal, before we were onstage, I realised: 'ah, f** I can do this.'"
Heughan opened up about these tough moments at drama school in Scotland before, telling the Happy Sad Confused podcast: "“My first year at drama school, my acting coach took me to one side after my first term and said, ‘You can’t act,’ and I thought, ‘I’ll just continue then.’
"It was a classical drama school. The whole part of this process is breaking you down. But I think that was always also kind of true. It was about confidence.
"At drama school, that’s what it’s for. It’s to
Outlander star Sam Heughan was back in the capital this week as he paid a visit to one of the city's top restaurants.
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