For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

I keep fit as much as I can.

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?