I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.

All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money.

I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do.

I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.

I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge!

People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.