The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.

I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down.

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one.

I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Were you always such a stubborn, blind, obtuse girl?”“Are you calling me stupid?”“Yes, but in a more poetic way!”“Well, here’s a poem for you. Get lost!

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

You never know where you stand - and I like that. I like to be on edge.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

A Maybelline New York woman is strong and confident - I love that attitude.

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.

Whether you are inspired or not, the only way to unlock your creativity, is to start writing.

I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.