I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

The less people know about me, the easier my job is.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.

I come from the Lynchs of Sligo. You know, I went there, but I looked in the phone book and there are nine million Lynches in Sligo.

I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life.