I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

I believe that if you go and see a film you should have to sort of invest something yourself and you have to do a little bit of the work as an audience member, so when you leave the cinema you should be having those conversations either with yourself - if you're crazy like me- or with friends afterwards.

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

At one point you think, well, it's funny, I could just be a starving actor... So if somebody were to pull the plug right now, there'd be no room for complaint.

Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough'. That became my mantra.