I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life.

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago.

I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them.

I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.

I loved school.

It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have.

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?

I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed.

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other.

I think I'm past my due date. I just feel it.

But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

Well, I think they're all basically the same story. Every culture in the world has them. When you strip it down and analyze it, it's the young man or girl who goes through a trial or ordeal and hits a very low ebb but manages to get guidance from a Merlin type figure.