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" Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human. "

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" I love the intimacy and the passion and the danger that go into independent filmmaking. Because it comes out of a creative necessity. It comes from people who really want to make a movie and want to make a difference and want to grab an audience by the gullet and show them something different. "

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" I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram. "

" There's always been product placement in Bond movies. "

" I think that genetically we're programmed to battle each other. "

" In 1981, I borrowed 2,000 pounds - a lot of money back then - paid 50 quid for a seat, packed my own sandwich, and hopped on a plane to America. It was a mighty leap, but one that paid off. A week later, I got a job called 'Remington Steele.' "

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

" Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time. "

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

" 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. "

" I love George Clooney; I think George is brilliant. "

" I had a theatre company years ago when I was a young man, and we would do street theater. This guy did a workshop one day on fire eating, and I participated, and it was just one of those party tricks that you learn. My last endeavor doing that was with the Muppets, back in 1995 or something like that. And I haven't done it since. "

" It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly. "

" Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled. "

" With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways. "

" I've been a married man most of my life; that's the way I like it. "

" I'm one of those guys who believes that you need a strong woman in your life. "

" 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. "

" I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures. "

" There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it just pisses me off because consequently our kids go to see crap movies. "

" The films that I've made with my company Irish DreamTime are close to my heart. 'The Greatest' being one of them, and 'Evelyn' being another. "

" Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically. "

" My family is my sanctuary. "

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" Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though. "

" You get tangled up in your own ego of how you're perceived. You can lose your way. "

" I'm a journeyman actor. "