The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.

You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.

Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain.

The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish I was that good a dramatist - and in terms of public relations, that was the daftest thing they ever did.

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.