The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.

At this moment, when Ireland seems about to break into something new, we thought it was worth looking back at a time when people seemed to have found a way out of the sectarian division of the country.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

I loved movies as a teenager and saw as much American cinema as I could, but I hated the English films of the early 60s and had absolutely no point of identification with them.

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

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.

I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are.