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" There's a wonderful stable of directors I've worked with, and work I've done that has dignity and meaningfulness. "

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" I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch. "

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" I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist. "

" When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. "

Believe In Yourself

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

" I know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in the pants. People wave at you and smile at you. You get great tables in restaurants. They send you gifts - beautiful clothes and cars. "

" 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. "

Make A Difference

" As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there. "

" The Danish filmmakers are a unique breed of filmmakers, with the Dogme films and Lars von Trier. "

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" This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful. "

" I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I love 'Maxim,' actually. It's very cool. "