"Hollywood is throwing action movies at me."

"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."

"I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry."

"I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them."

"It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly."

"I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father."

"No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life."

"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."