That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.

I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.

Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.

My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.

I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.

When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

I just want to be rich and famous.

Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.

In the aftermath, we are because they were.

I've never met a strong person with an easy past.

Impossible is nothing.

the sea is made of blood

Research shows that when we're under stress or facing a major obstacle, we tend to focus on our weaknesses and what we're afraid of.

I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by our own subjectivity.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

If you turn your back on a customer, you turn your back on success.

Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.

I love playing three, four times a week. That's what I've always wanted to do. In college we played Friday, Saturday, then had the whole week to think about it.