Quotes

I would love it if we made more comparisons between current issues and issues of the past. Maybe we'd realize that sometimes 'current issues' and 'past issues' are one and the same. Our world's people still fight over natural resources, kill in the name of religion, occupy regions and give them up - just as we did 'so long ago.'

We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.

The only time I felt I was different was when one of my friends said, 'I hate reading' and I stared at her like, 'What kind of an alien creature are you?!' Because it was so incomprehensible to me that someone could dislike reading! That really started my desire to help other children love reading and writing.

My mom says, 'Don't ever love anyone more than they love you.' And that has been in my head since I was a kid.

I love the beauty and fast pace of Hollywood.

Going on the road and having love from the audience is something that you'll never be able to buy.

I love writing, I love being in the studio.

I did a show in Amsterdam where I was supposed to do only two songs but I ended up doing 13 because they kept playing songs that I love and they played 'Viva Forever' and I started crowd surfing to it. It was so funny to do because it's such a depressing song.

My biggest dream and my biggest accomplishment was to be on HBO and 'True Detective.' It was a show that I just fell in love with.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I'd love to do something funny. Our work often deals with tough subjects. You do your research and it can be quite dark. So after all these years of drama, I'd like to go to work someday with the sole intention of making people laugh.

Comedy is essentially about watching a bunch of people who you really love lose their dignity.

I love music and hopefully I'll be able to do something with it - I just have to find time to get into the studio and record a few songs.

I'd actually love to do comedy. It would be great to go to work to get a laugh.

I love going back to Northern Ireland.

Kurt Vonnegut talks about how we know there is another family out there and when we find it we get this almost instinctive sense of belonging. And that is how I felt in Enniskillen in 1977 when I realized there were these people of all ages, whatever their religion, from different backgrounds, who were bound together by a love of plays and acting.

I trained to be a theatre actor, I love the live gig, the transference between an audience and a performer.

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence.

Love is love, even in its platonic, unromantic sense. Once you have that connection between two people, the only thing that gets in the way is circumstance, history, what each person has gone through.

Our daughters keep my feet on the ground - you learn this complete, unconditional love and it brings everything together.

I have a lot of respect and love for NHS workers.

I love doing theatre and musicals, but when we start shooting 'Hustle' we film two episodes concurrently, with the scenes out of sequence. Knowing where you are in the intricate plots at any one moment is quite - how shall I put this? - challenging.

I've always been a city boy and it's why I love the Big Apple so much.