"I think if you're in a committed relationship, unless you have some sort of an understanding, monogamy is something that should exist."

"A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key."

"When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy to lose yourself for a second."

"I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now."

"Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than sufficient recognition for any success which I may have achieved as an actor."

"It is a profound truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching."

"If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?"

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."