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

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" There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years. "

" I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.' "

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

" Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed. "

" I have to make it my job to be careful with my family. "

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

" I'm very much a homebody. "

" When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem. "

" Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift. "

" For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable. "

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

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

" I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. "

" I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation. "

" The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I loved school. "

" It's an ongoing joy being a dad. "

" I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone. "

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

" 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. "

" I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours. "

" 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 have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's. "

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" It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have. "