You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

There's a ruthlessness to the city now that wasn't there before. I was in Dublin a few months ago, when we were shooting Breakfast on Pluto, and if I saw one kid throwing up on the street, I must have seen a hundred of them.

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

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

Standing under freezing cold showers every morning, - I did that. I got up to seven minutes most mornings, and it actually works; it immunizes your body, and your body starts getting used to the cold. It really works."

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.