Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.

Everyone should be good at what they do.

That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.