The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

Some actors might just do one thing, and another actor does another thing. I do an awful lot of preparation with the script, really. What I do is repeat the script, over and over and over again. Through that, it's almost like it seeps into my enamel. I'm reading all the characters, as well as my own. That is where the bulk of my preparation goes into.

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

I don't think peroxide-blond hair is a beneficial look for me.

I don't know what's going to happen. I'm flavor of the month at the moment, but somebody else is going to roll around the corner in three months' time. I just want to keep working. I can't stop!

'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.