we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.

A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.

I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.