Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I tak...

Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves.

Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help.

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.