“If I’m playing a character who’s concerned about his body – an athlete, say – I’ll get in shape. If I’m playing a character who doesn’t or wouldn’t,”

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.

I don’t. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.

My thing about looking good is that it should be the character.

I don’t get any parts I don’t get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don’t get offered.

Really, most of us just focus on what’s in front of us. We’re too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.

Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

I’m not particularly a career-oriented guy. I’m lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I’d like to have the choice of the better roles.

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

I’ve been playing music most of my life.

I’m used to the older-fashioned way of mixing: playing with three decks, always turning and twisting knobs manically.

I don’t think healthcare’s a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.

Whenever I start to really think about what I’m playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn’t there.

My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I’ve always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.

You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.

All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin

You can do as many sprints as you want but there’s nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There’s no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games.