I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.

He earned every precious beautiful moment life gave back to him.

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance.

I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.

Once we start shooting, it's in there. You're trying to get into a place where you rise to the work, rather than make it manageable or make it work for you.

I think most people are decent people. I don't know if they could stand the pressure he's under, but most people aspire to be decent people.

So I do not pray. I accept the means at my disposal for working out my destiny. It seems to me that I have been given a mind and will power for that very purpose.

All requires courage.

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they wanted someone to watch their other children.

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

Keep winning and get to the postseason, I won 20 games and they just dumped one beer on my head. It feels good because I'm helping my team win.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Sometimes you've got to fight when your a man.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.