“I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.”
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I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.
It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have.
But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.
I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too.