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" I had to go to Hollywood to recharge my career. "

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" Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. "

" I shared a dressing room with Pete Postlethwaite for 18 months, and he became a good friend. His discipline had an impact on me. You could have a laugh with him, but he was always on the ball when it came to work and very professional. Hopefully some of that rubbed off on me. "

" I used to love wildlife as a kid and being outside in the garden and the woods and the field and that stuff. "

" Football is a passionate game. It excites us. "

" I don't believe you just create a character out of thin air, there's always something of yourself you bring. "

" Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually. "

" I think Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond. I remember at the beginning, they were all saying, 'Oh, he won't work,' and I thought, 'Yeah, you watch.' "

" I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies. "

" I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else. "

" It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it? "

" I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters. "

" It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home. "

" I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that? "

" If you're going to support a football team, do it 100 per cent. "

" I never try and play a bad guy to be bad and to be brutal and to be nasty and vicious, because I think you're going to be very cliche there. You know, you've got to find the truth in that character and what he believes in. It just happens that, you know, he's wrong. "

" I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain! "

" I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up. "

" Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material. "

" My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time. "

" I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him. "

" The media portrayal of women is always angled towards looking thinner and skinnier and... that's not good. "

" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head. "

" I love creating things, especially out of metal. There's something truly satisfying about shaping a piece of metal and seeing the impurities peeling away as you weld it into your chosen design. "

" Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't. "

" I bought a Jaguar when I was 28. I'd always wanted one. I had it for years, then my friend had it, then my dad had it. It was a good workhorse. "

" I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it. "

" Obviously I'm delighted I'm a grandfather, but I guess it takes a little while to digest. You start thinking, 'Oh, I'm half-way over the natural life span. So this is the last bit, and I'd better enjoy it.' "

" The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now. "

" My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. "