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" If you're doing movies on a set... many times, I've shot the end of a movie in the first week of shooting. Because of locations or budgets or actors' availability. "

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" I think everybody should have an interest in peace prevailing and the ridiculousness, the bestiality of war. I don't have any time for that. Anybody pulling a trigger is wrong. There is no right in war. "

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" The demonization of people who don't have a voice is particularly despicable, and the only thing we can do in our own little way is hold a mirror up to society and kind of say we're better than that. "

" I don't feel superior because I think there's no God. Actually, I would love to be able to go, 'Well, the world hasn't been kind to me, but there's something good around the corner, because the Man has a plan.' I wish I believed that. There's wonderful comfort in that. "

" The best kind of television should mess with your head. "

" I love onions. I cook with them all the time. "

" I had no acting background in my family and no experience of theatre. I hadn't even been in a school play. "

" There's an old actor's saying about how you don't work with children or animals. I disagree with both of them. Some of the best times I've ever had were working with kids because there's an honesty to them. "

" I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges. "

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" If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor. "

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" The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out. "

" The superheroes have taken over all the screens in the world. And good luck to them: they're making a lot of money for a lot of people. But the studios are going to become victims of their own success. People are going to get bored with that stuff. "

" There's a certain amount of joy in playing a character in the moment and not knowing what's going to roll out as it goes on. It's a bit like life, in a way. "

" Let's just shatter the illusion. I am not wealthy. I've lived in the same house for the past 30 years. "

" I'd always admired Sean Connery. Even though I wonder about some of his choices, I like him even in bad movies. "

" I've always admired people like Donal McCann. He wasn't a household name, but if he put his name to something, you were guaranteed a good yarn at the very least. "

" I still say I have no interest in being an actor - I just love acting. "

" I don't consider myself - and I hope I'm never going to be - a 'movie star.' I'd like to be called an actor. "

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" 'Game of Thrones,' people say that it's a fantasy series, but it's a hell of a lot more than that. It attracts the so-called geeks and nerds, and God bless them, they're wonderful for getting right into the show. But primarily it's about family; it's power and betrayal and jealousy. It's all those wonderful things that a fantastic drama is about. "

" If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that's when the religion isn't effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about tolerance and individual freedom, not about harm. "

" I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become. "

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" I think HBO and a couple of the other cable channels in America are making some of the best television that's ever been made. "

" You always have to have a bit of fun if somebody is dead in a scene. That's a red rag to a bull for an actor. You do a little poking. You do things to annoy the actor. It's your job. You have to utilize the opportunity. You have to get through the day. "

" The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do. "

" I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act. "

" It's not beyond me to take my kids to see a good popcorn movie that's a roller coaster ride. "

" You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away. "

" Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I'm not a tricksy actor; I'm not exactly a scenery-chewing kind of actor. "

" I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission. "

" What makes us different from other species is our capacity for compassion and empathy with the struggles of other people. "

" The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease. "