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" I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too. "

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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 thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope. "

" 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.' "

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

" It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it. "

" I offer my performance as prayer for someone I've worked with as an actor or someone who has died. The image that comes into my head as I walk to the stage, I offer that performance up for that person. "

" Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy. "

" But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. "

" I loved school. "

" 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 think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic. "

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

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

" I keep fit as much as I can. "

" I can always act. "

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

" I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore. "

" In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene I did years ago. But I'll play the scene back in my mind and think, I did that wrong - I should've opened the door more slowly. "

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

" I'm trying to be a comedian, you know? "