And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.

I remember doing the sex scene in Red Rock West. I had to kiss Nic Cage and then look like I was going down on him. And he couldn't do anything - he just had to lie there.

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?

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

I love receiving fan mail.

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.