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" I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education. "

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" If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It would be a comedy. "

" This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful. "

" As you get older, there's a loosening of the ties to the ego and the posturing of who you are and how you behave. "

" Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much. "

" I try to be as disciplined as I possibly can. I try to live a fairly kind of clean life. I do yoga; I cycle and do weights and swim. I do whatever it takes. "

" For me, acting is doing. "

" When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. "

Believe In Yourself

" I've been identified with James Bond or Thomas Crown for so long; suave, elegant, sophisticated men in suits. it's like you've been giving the same performance for 20 years. "

" Susanne Bier's work I've always really enjoyed. She's just such a great filmmaker; she's very cool and very sexy - that always helps, too. "

" My wife loves Roger Moore. "

" When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up. "

" I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. "

" I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch. "

" I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play. "

" A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant. "

" Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice. "

" The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table. "

" Action films can be like watching paint dry. You can just die in the trailer waiting for them to set up a shot, then you go out for a few minutes or an hour of endurance testing. "

" I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist. "

" I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' "

" I enjoy the company of my fellow man and woman, and I do not wish to be sequestered away in any type of bubble. "

" When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions. "

" My life started on the banks of the Boyne in County Meath. Navan is the name of the town; only me, Mom, Dad. "

" I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.' "

" Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out. "

" There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed. "

" I have no desire to look at myself. "

" As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there. "

" I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence. "