I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.

I love receiving fan mail.

[Wearing padding to make my breasts look larger for a movie] was great, but it also made me think, you know, a lot of women who go out and get implants, what's so insecure about them that they would rather have someone look there than in their eyes?

I'm not afraid to look like a fool - and I think when you're not afraid, you never do.