I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you.

Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all.