I can talk myself so much into my part.

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.

I was having my teens in my 30s.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.