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.

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

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

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.

I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."-Jimi Hendrix

There is so much hope in a little flower and so many flowers in a little hope!

We ought not to be looking for a place to hide, but a place to give ourselves as an offering to God.

God is a scientist, not a magician.

Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal.

The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'

We get to design what we want to see in the world rather than doing what other people think should be done.

Are you wrestling faster than the audience can process? The answer to that question is often times yes. If that is true, then you are failing.

You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends.