I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day.

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

I think most actors like to be liked.

I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two.

It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.

I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.

I've always thought with relationships, that it's more about what you bring to the table than what you're going to get from it. It's very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then it's not so good.

It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified.

I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas.

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.

Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.

I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.

I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.

Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.

I'm very fond of doing movies where men fight over me. I don't get to do enough.

Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.

If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

I strive to make movies I would enjoy.

I call it the 'House of Reprehensibles.' We don't have any real political resistance to this growth of the domestic state across the board. So I'm much more focused on that than on the Patriot Act, which is a real effort, however inept, to deal with a real problem.

Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.

I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.

I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it's in the blood.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

All policies should be guided by science, not just whose voice is the loudest.

I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?

We all automatically close our eyes when we experience something beautiful like a happy dream or an intimate kiss. These days, whenever I close my eyes all I see is you.

When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd turn down the music and turn around and I'd be singing and know all of the words but I didn't even know how to talk. From then on I've always wanted to be a singer.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

I couldn't think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I've seen it destroy people.

I have three brothers and a sister. One older and three younger. My oldest brother Danny plays Hyde on 'That '70s Show,' and my younger brother Jordan and my sister Allanah act as well, so we're a bit of an acting family.

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

I believe a marriage isn't between a man and woman, but between love and love.

Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.

Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.

Many in the Somali community are excited to vote and support candidates who have shown an ability to lead with integrity and not use props and gatekeepers to get their votes.

When I was commander of Central Command, obviously we were very concerned about the developments in Yemen, the developments in Somalia and elsewhere, in Africa and so forth. But the al Qaeda senior leadership is under unprecedented pressure.