You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

I've never been in a street fight.

I can always act.

It's best to keep acting real.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

I don't think I'm funny.

I keep fit as much as I can.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause.

Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man.

It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.