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For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.

It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Venice has been the living future of contemporary American history since its inception.

In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other.

Every time I see Anthony Hopkins I think that, to some extent, he has just been getting away with it all these years.

Girl Rising reminds us that educating the girls of today is an investment in everyone's tomorrow.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?

I think I'm past my due date. I just feel it.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.

Men fear most what they cannot see.

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share,

I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.

You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

Northern Ireland is the world's best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.

I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner.

I'm very much a homebody.

I don't think I'm funny.

Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

Live and die on this day ... Live and die on this day ...

The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying.

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.

As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.

You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago.

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.

If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them, and stab them in the heart.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

In real life, wolves will do anything to avoid contact with mankind.

I can always act.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

I love working with children.

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

It's best to keep acting real.

I keep fit as much as I can.

To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

America has been very, very good to me.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

I've never been in a street fight.

I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed.

I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.

You traveled the world ... Now you must journey inwards ... to what you really fear ... it's inside you.

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.

I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.

Hollywood is throwing action movies at me.