There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if you're a superhero.

It's the worst thing if you're sitting there in the theater, going, "Oh, that's the guy who dates this person and likes to do this in the morning and that in the afternoon." Then you're just watching a brand, as opposed to an actor.

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that.

When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars. Where does that sort of thing come from? In hindsight you go, 'Oh, liked it because of this.' Maybe it's just the wheel.

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

You want society to accept you; but you can’t even accept yourself.

It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners.