The digital revolution has changed the way we do things because you're not under that pressure that film is precious and film is expensive.

Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.

I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.

Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go back and read it through again and look at the character.

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

I do probably 80 or 90 per cent of the cooking at home.

As an actor, I like to get a bit of momentum going with a character and kind of work a bit quicker. I mean, not crazy-fast, but, you know, five or six pages a day is a nice pace.

A good comedy’s very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

You never know when the publicity people will feel it is a good time to release the film.

I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human.

If only he could convince her, his dream would be within reach.

I'm a comic, so I like to stay nocturnal. I work 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

No way to get away. No way to get away. Little change to sneak away... insanity.

Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.

Half of my heart’s got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company?

Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.