For me, what usually makes a horror sequence scary is the journey not the destination.

If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.

For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional, and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters.

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.

I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.

Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.

The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

Although surgeons know how to deal with bits of the brain, they don't really know how it works.

Tumours can come out of nowhere.

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it can be white. To see it taken away is just amazing.

Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of me.

I'm no pin-up.

If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to tackle the recent history of where we have come from. It's not only a responsibility, but a privilege.

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.

'Spoilt' is a euphemism for 'loved.'

Who am I to pass judgment? Judgment has been passed on me, but I adhere to, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!

When I did the film 'Hear My Voice' a few years ago, I disappeared fully up my own backside for a while. Because I thought my career was taking off, I became a bit of an egomaniac and a pain in the neck. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

It's easy to get carried away with yourself.

I get an awful lot of people coming up and saying they went to school with me. There must have been 80,000 pupils at that school!

The whole process of making 'Bloody Sunday' was difficult but extraordinary.

When you're brought up in a Unionist culture, you can't help but feel Unionist.