I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

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.

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

My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

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.