“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,”

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.

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I’m playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

I had been playing with my local band, Skinny Cat. I had been to quite a few auditions before UFO, managed to get the gig and then not want to do it!

After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

I’m uptight in general, and it’s hard for me to play in a situation where I’m not rehearsed or I feel like I’m not prepared. So it’s always hard for me to come away from those and think it was the best thing I could do.

After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.