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" I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. "

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" Well, I think they're all basically the same story. Every culture in the world has them. When you strip it down and analyze it, it's the young man or girl who goes through a trial or ordeal and hits a very low ebb but manages to get guidance from a Merlin type figure. "

" I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday. "

" I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. "

" 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. "

" I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls. "

" 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. "

" Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other. "

" Hollywood is throwing action movies at me. "

" America has been very, very good to me. "

" As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor. "

" Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond. "

" I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right? "

" Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man. "

" Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause. "

" I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people. "

" I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you. "

" It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing. "

" 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. "

" I'm very much a homebody. "

" 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. "

" People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds. "

" I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about? "

" Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist? "

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

" Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. "

" It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work. "

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

" I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that. "

" If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.' "

" I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover. "