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My wife is a very strong woman.
Tumours can come out of nowhere.
Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.
No one wanted to own Bloody Sunday.
'Spoilt' is a euphemism for 'loved.'
It's easier to act in your own accent.
I'm not very good at standard English.
I'd be a very easy therapist's subject.
Improvising political dialogue is not easy.
My nightmare is that I don't want to be OK.
It's easy to get carried away with yourself.
I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.
My wife would say I'm more Hyde than Jekyll!
Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.
New Zealand is a place where you can get well.
Northern Ireland has treated me well, you know?
Martin Freeman as [Bilbo] is just a revelation.
My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
I've got a history in my life of difficult times.
I don't think I'll be doing a lot more commercials.
Love your parents, but don't have them as your mates.
I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.
Supporting drama for young people is close to my heart.
There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.
As fabulous as technology is, it can also make us very anxious.
I love nothing more than going to eat by myself with a newspaper.
I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.
I do commercials, but I also go to Sudan as an ambassador for UNICEF.
Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free.
I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.
The whole process of making 'Bloody Sunday' was difficult but extraordinary.
All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life.
I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.
I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.
I'm Ulster Presbyterian. We understand the need to work hard from an early age.
When you're brought up in a Unionist culture, you can't help but feel Unionist.
It's ridiculous, but it's horrible going bald. Anyone who says it isn't is lying.
Drama asks some uncomfortable questions at times... It goes to pretty dark places.
I lived a dual life, and when my dual life exploded, I began to feel much happier.
I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.
The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.
When I went to university, I was already working professionally with the Ulster Actors.
I think a lot of us who grew up in Northern Ireland weren't politicised enough, frankly.
Kids at a certain age don't necessarily want to be dragged to the other side of the world.
Although surgeons know how to deal with bits of the brain, they don't really know how it works.
I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.
When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd.
It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland.
I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.
I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.