I Kind Of Have An Interest In

I Do Go Back To Ireland, And I'll Probably Be Doing A Film In Ireland In January, And I Guess That Kind Of Keeps Me Classified As 'the Irish Actor,' But The Last Four Or Five Projects That I've Been In Are Either American Or English, So I Don't Feel Terribly Trapped In That. But Sometimes, Yeah, You Would Like To Not Be Called 'the Irish Actor.' You'd Prefer To Just Be Called 'the Actor.'

If You're Playing A Historical Character That's In The Public Consciousness, Then Obviously You've Got To Make An Effort To Look Like That Person And There's A Huge Amount Of Historical Record There That You Have To Kind Of Comply To.

I Do Like Working On Independent Films Where It Is A Smaller Budget And Less Pressure. The Pace Is Also Quicker Than That Of A Big Budget Film. You Are Shooting At A Fairly Fast Pace. Sitting Around For Three Or Four Days Can Be Quite Draining. So I Guess In Terms Of Film Or Television, I Would Say Filming An Independent Feature.

There Are So Many Burning Issues To Be Dealt With That It's Completely Understandable And Natural That A Character Is Struggling With These Issues Themselves. In That Struggle, You Inform The Audience. The Thing About This Writing Is That It's Very Easy To Learn. Good Writing Always Is.

I Kind Of Have An Interest In All History. And I Suspect It Comes From Being Irish - We Like Stories, We Like Telling Stories, Which Makes A Lot Of Us Lean Towards Being Writers Or Actors Or Directors.