It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor.

Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

I'm not really very ambitious.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth.

It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

You have been given a gift—your life. What will you do with it?

If we want to go Fast than go Alone but if We want to go Far, lets go Together..adopt the "We" spirit..Life isn't all about "Selfie

Hatred must be a hard thing to learn.

It's not that MySpace lost and Facebook won. It's that MySpace won first, and Facebook won next. They'll go down in the same order.

A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.

I think it's necessary to let kids get bored once in a while-that's house they learn to be creative.

All my shows are therapy, trying to navigate interesting subjects so I can work them out and to be honest and say some things are beyond the wit of this man.

None of the Jungle People like being disturbed.

Lend your money and lose your friend.

The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.