I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket, you're thinking, "I'm not doing this again for four years!"That's about taking time and finding the right story and being in a happy place in life where you can joyfully tell a story. I'm not really into the fame side of things, so I'm very happy with making a film every four years or so.

I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

I'd just like to thank everybody who was involved in the film, especially Brendan Gleeson and Ruaidhrí Conroy. And Ruaidhrí, I'm sorry that you couldn't be here tonight but I hope next time, if they let you into the country.