“That’s what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that’s what we do.”

I don’t think they’d ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I’d love to play Chuck Baker

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That’s what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.

I think you fall out of love with theater while you’re doing your eighth show of your eighteenth week and your body is saying, “Please make this end.”

I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.

For me, drama is conflict.

I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. ‘Disco Pigs’ was my first professional acting experience.

I’m not interested in a good man’s life. I’m interested in contradiction.

I’ve never done a film for the money.

All I’ve tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That’s been my main drive. It’s not always possible, so when you do come upon it, like when I came upon this, you realize pretty quickly this is something you need to be involved with.

It’s always nice to be challenged.

You’re an actor who’s Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn’t be limited by your extraction.

You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that’s where your focus should be. And then there’s a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.

I’ve had the pleasure and the great luck to work with some incredible actors over the years and you have to observe and learn and take something from it and try and become better yourself.

Every Irish person of my generation and earlier, we were raised Catholic and we’d have to learn it in school, we’d to learn the catechism by rote.

I think it’s necessary to keep moving forward. I’ve always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.

Now is the time to stand up. Now is the time to speak out. Now is the time to VOTE.

If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.

Your vote is your voice, and your voice is your power. Now is the time to stand up, speak out, and vote for a better future.

Make your positive voice stronger and louder than your inner critic and anyone else’s.

The spark in her eyes, the tone of her voice, and the feel of her touch. I love’em all.

A proud moment was my very first hater telling me you’ve got a great voice, please stop waving your hands around.

Small voice gave me everything when I had nothing. Small voice, changed my life, It haunts me every night.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.