I have mainly been interested in acting. I think it's a great job, a fine way to live your life.

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.

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 used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most.

I'm very fortunate in the sense that outside of cohabitating relationships and so forth, I've always got on just as well with women.

Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life.