When I turned 40, subconsciously, life was a blank sheet. Before, it was disjointed, and I was very displaced and quite mad, but it was a brilliant time. Everyone thinks I must have been unhappy.

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.

I am excited and nervous. It's been a long time since I had to learn such a huge number of lines!

Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it.

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase

I've always been a family man and count myself as one of those who are lucky to have the comfort of a family.