I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one.

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I've been worked over by the English press because there's an assumption that my politics are identical with my wife's, and for that matter that my wife's politics are identical with her politics of 20 years ago.

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I don't know that I'm 'hangdog'. That suggests someone skulking around, unengaged. I'm not. I'm 'engaged', believe me. I have just got a slightly sad face.