The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all.

There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years... Anytime I hear that door opening I still think I'm gonna hear her.

If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely.

You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

Men fear most what they cannot see.

It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

We bear the world and we make it. ... There was never a great man who had not a great mother-it is hardly an exaggeration.

Nothing is stronger than gentleness.

You don't go - oh this is a motion capture role, I'm going to employ this method of acting. We don't have anything to hide behind when we're doing this.

Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture of complaint.

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.