Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.
I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.
The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in terms of scrutiny and analysis. There's a lot of rather specious professorial stuff that swirls around films.