I don't live in Ireland, I live in London with my girlfriend; and it's because of the globalization of our planet, it's not necessary to live in Los Angeles to be a successful and any country is just an airplane ride away. If there's a director who wants to meet me or if there's something I have to do, I can just hop on an airplane - the world's small now.

As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world.

I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I'm crap at what I do.

I can be intolerably jealous and I think that’s what’s driven me. My ambition knows no end.

I don't hang out with movie stars, and you won't see me going to many Hollywood parties. I'm actually quite boring.

I think what qualitiy make for good directors is being able to articulate what you want; it can cause problems with a lack of communication. I'm not an actor who requires much talking to a director, I don't want to sit down and discuss a scene for hours and hours; that would bore me.

I'm a workaholic. I also go to the gym a lot - it's my new thing. Yes, I am a compulsive person.