I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.
In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.
No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.
I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.
I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required.
I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.
When you find somebody who doesn't give and take, you go, 'Remind me never to work with you again.'
Most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working.
You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.
The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.
I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.
Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.
Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.
Shooting a season can be a grind. It can be seven to eight months of work. Once you stop, it slows down any momentum you had.
I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.
As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.
In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.
There are lots of people way more talented than me - but I work more, and I wanted it more. I never waited on anyone else.
I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.
