I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.'

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely.

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.