Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films.

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

One moment cannot be the most important.