I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.

I grew up in a house of forthright women.

The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.

I'd like my super power to be puns; I'd like to be great at puns: pun power. Then I could go on loads of panel shows and live off that forever.

I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.