It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poison….

Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is infected with HIV - the overwhelming majority of children under 15 who are HIV-positive get infected t….

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent ….

Nobody knows anybody. Not that well..

A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it….

I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a foot….

And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acti….

This notion that Americans have. . . that they don't have to do anything other than be American in order to lead - that's very pervasive in the cultu….

I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth..

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a ….

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land, and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women..

I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countr….

I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all..

I would like to break out of this "dark, brooding" image, cause I'm actually not like that at all. In Ireland, brooding is a term we use for hens. A ….

I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know….

From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody….

When you come back to a country that you've left, you're in a very peculiar situation because, in a way, you don't belong to that country any more, e….

Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn'….

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be ….

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who rea….

It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illus….