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" There are a lot of funny things that happen in one's life. "

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" Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience. "

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" I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient. "

" When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up. "

" I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now. "

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" Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it. "

" My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished. "

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" Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life. "

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" I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.' "

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" To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me. "

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" When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident. "

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" I went to a Radiohead concert with Mr. Aaron Paul and became instantly hip. He's a great tweeter and took a photograph of the two of us. He said, 'Man, look at this! We've already got 800 hits in five minutes!' So this old dog became hip. "