After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.
The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.
I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.
I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.
I came to acting as a sort of fluke. I really enjoy it, but I think I'm different from the people who dreamed about it.
When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.
I was the leading star in 1945. I slowed down my pace of acting assignments after I came into direction.
I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.
I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast.
It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can't believe it.
I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.
When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.
I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.
When 'Paul's Boutique' came out, I was one of the fans that didn't get it.
