I'm not optimistic at all, nor am I pessimistic.

My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.

I think there were six or eight weeks between 'Total Recall' and 'Seven Psychopaths.' I was at home in Los Angeles for 'Seven Psychopaths,' so it was the first time I had worked from my house here so it was great to be around the kids.

Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.