All directors on all sets behave slightly differently depending on what the scene is. For example, if you are doing a love scene, which is intimate then the director is likely to be intimate. If you are doing a scene where everyone is mucking around and laughing then the director is likely to start with that. If you are playing a scene which us incredibly heavy and everyone getting killed then there are probably not many laughs on the set.

It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor.

I'm not really very ambitious.

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.