I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.

You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

I've never been in a street fight.

I can always act.

It's best to keep acting real.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

I don't think I'm funny.

I keep fit as much as I can.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause.