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

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" My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split. "

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

" If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one. "

" There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' "

" 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.' "

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

" I'm an actor first and foremost. My producing credentials are just to say, 'Yeah, I love this story and now let's bring the people, the ensemble together,' and I get out of the way. I have no desire to check on schedules and shooting schedules and money and stuff like that. "

" 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. "

" Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it. "

" 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. "

" As you get older, there's a loosening of the ties to the ego and the posturing of who you are and how you behave. "

" If I hadn't been an actor, I probably would have been a social worker. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches. "

" Love cannot burn constantly. "