Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.

I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.