For me really good acting is about subtext.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

Kids before they're 7 or 8 are like little manic obsessives. They become completely hooked on things and they're slightly crazy.

No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and deserves respect. Even if they're in the story for ten seconds, I didn't want you to just see them as this entity passing through that's serving all of the other people.

I go home to London in between jobs, and in London, my life has nothing to do with the business. It's a family life, hanging with friends.

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.