I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.