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" My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K. "

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" When I first started shooting 'Sharpe,' back in the early 1990s, I'd kiss my two elder daughters goodbye at the end of August - Evie wasn't even born then - and I wouldn't see them again until Christmas. That was tough. They were hard times. "

" I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy. "

" A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "

" I seem to be quite drawn to the medieval, magical fantasies, as it were. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "

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

" I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence. "

" 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. "

" 006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters. "

" Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. "

" I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you. "

" There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters. "

" I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house. "

" My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over. "

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

" I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives. "

" Working in a garden calms me down. "

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

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

" I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!' "

" I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did. "

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

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

" The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation. "

" I go to see my kids in school plays. "

" I'm very good at keeping a secret. "