I love pubs and I love pub culture.

I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

I've never been mugged, never really experienced street fear. In fact, I'm the one who gets into arguments because I don't keep my mouth shut.

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.