People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down.

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one.

I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.

The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

My heart burns for the deliverance of Africa.

I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.

The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.

Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.

Don't integrate anything into your wardrobe that's going to make you feel hugely uncomfortable when you leave home. Get the comfort thing down first - baby steps.

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.

All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.