Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.

I'm not actually a big musical fan.

Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.