“Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.”

Life is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.

I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy.

I’d sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

I’d wear clogs, short pants and ladies’ bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

Some actors actually think about what they’re going to talk about during the interview–they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It’s very smart, but it’s so planned. I never think to do that.

The family is where most of our joy comes from.

Money is just something to be circulated.

There will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.

I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.

Just because you’re from the minimalist school, it doesn’t mean you can’t go big.

I think there’s a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands – which is where my family is from – in Ireland.

Make them laugh, and then make them listen.

There’s certainly more work for me in TV these days.

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I’m not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

Somehow I feel that my subconscious part creates far more interesting things than my conscious part can ever dream of.

The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.

Love scenes are the hardest things in the world and if you enjoy them, that’s wonderful, because nobody making them sits there and goes, ‘Let’s do that again tomorrow.’

The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.

Maybe it will all become one big thing, with smart, talented people who love a thing, helping each other be better.

I don’t respond to it publicly, because a lot of things are put out there simply for the attention. Things that are meaningful, you don’t need to talk about.

Prayer and encouraging words change things. We’re all human. We all go through stuff.