Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.
Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.
I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.
Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
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.
I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.
I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.
I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.
I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.
I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.
Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.
I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
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.
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.
There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.
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.
You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.
There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.
