But, as an actor, the role that I enjoyed, in terms of really understanding and appreciating this profession, was Anoop Singh’s 'Qissa'."

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

Very often when we talk about war, conflict or terrorism, we talk about it very politically. We forget that there are people involved.

Memories come out only when you spend time with a person.

I can't think of any actor who doesn't have a flop in his career.

We've got enormous potential, phenomenal potential on our doorstep, which requires politics that makes that work, and that's what we try to show here in Ireland: that while there's a lot of pain, the reward at the end of this is career opportunities, prosperity, and brighter days for everybody.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.

I'd love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the '70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.