Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men.

It's so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that's the worst in your life, but to everybody else it's just an ordinary night.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.

The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it.

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

The State is concentric, but the individual is eccentric.

I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer with interest at the time in the future when we need them.

You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my calendar full.

I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't fit in. It's very difficult to be at the mercy of other people's whims and visions.

I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.