It’s our imperfections that make us vulnerable, make us interesting. How can I make myself a bit of an asshole and still have humanity about it?

I knew lots of Irish ladies in my life who would say daft things and then would just say something incredibly truthful in a very simple way with simple language - a few well chosen words that would take an intellectual five minutes to express. I like that.

I'm just a good Catholic boy - I do naughty things and feel guilty about them.

That's what gives people hope - that you can still love someone from afar and you can still have those feelings across an ocean.

I don't think I'm kind of universally known. I think in the indie world I'm probably better known than in some mainstream Hollywood terms.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

The one thing that gives you faith is the fact that people can be apart physically but they can still have an emotional connection.