Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.

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

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.

I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"