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" Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning. "
Too Much
Acting
Dog
" Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene. "
Acting
Kind
Go
" America has been very, very good to me. "
Been
America
Very
" And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life. "
Mind
Down
Own
" And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me. "
Interview
Me
Talk
" A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am. "
Past
Now
Date
" As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor. "
Actor
Know
Hollywood
" At the Sex Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, they were a phenomenal help, too. We went out there for a few days, and they gave us access to materials. And the biographies, there are four or five, ranging from very poor to excellent. "
Four
Help
Poor
" Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. "
Change
Power
Movies
" But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines. "
Never
Bike
Lucky
" But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. "
Say
Just
Iron
" But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. "
Just
Sex
Always
" But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime. "
You
Argument
Crime
" Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy. "
Joy
Parenting
Grow
" For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable. "
Wonder
Unpredictable
Beauty
" For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough. "
Rejection
Tough
Name
" Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life. "
Most
Down
Important
" Hollywood is throwing action movies at me. "
Throwing
Action
Me
" I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right? "
Right
Always
Cowboy
" I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. "
Late
Swim
Water
" I can always act. "
Act
I Can
Always
" I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope. "
Seventies
Going
Hope
" I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry. "
Page
Like
Pie
" I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now. "
Play
Building
Like
" I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning. "
Night
Morning
Character
" I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt. "
My Own
Own
Stunts
" I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover. "
Know
Parent
Strict
" I don't think I'm funny. "
Think
Funny
" I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. "
Think
I Am
Am
" I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone. "
Shadow
Use
Heavy
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