The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns..

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that ….

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland..

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out ….

I certainly had no intention of playing a man..

Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films..

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride..

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation..

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time..

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because its repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things..

A relationship is sent by God and accident..

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain..

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity..

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera..

Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while..

One moment cannot be the most important..

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take..

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy..

Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'..

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, an….

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxio….