I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.

I wish you luck with a capital F.

Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.

Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.