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For me, university was a bit of a rebellious streak. I love teachers but I'm inherently a bit of an anarchist and don't trust you because you're my teacher. Somewhere around my second or third year, I realized as an artist that it's up to us to choose our path, and there's nothing wrong with being given many different tools to put in your tool bag. ”
I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working. I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people. I've spent a lot of years getting to know people in the business, and that really helps. It depends. You can have some pretty terrible auditions. ”
Fear is the passion of slaves. ”
I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me. ”
It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which I think is entirely too long of a title. ”
I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person. ”
The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing. ”
Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out. ”
I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love. ”
I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway. ”