Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.

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.

Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude.

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

With the media how it is these days, people expect to know everything. I don't talk about my girlfriend because essentially she doesn't want to be talked about.

A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.

If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?

My job is to help people see what I see. If it's of value, fine. And, if it's not of value, then at least I've done what I can do.

Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.

Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.

And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.

I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.