James Nesbitt Quotes
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I'm not very good at standard English.
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Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.
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My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
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People love watching medical dramas - they also love watching documentaries about the workings of the brain.
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I'm increasingly realising our consciousness and subconsciousness are extremely different, and our subconsciousness motivates us, but so far, I don't know what drove or motivates me.
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My early ambitions were the same as they are now - to play for Manchester United. I was, and still am, football mad.
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When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit.
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Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free.
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As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and how keenly it will always be felt, there was, nevertheless, a sense of relief that my father, sisters and I could say a final goodbye after the longest goodbye and relief that my mum had finally been released.
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Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.
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My wife is a very strong woman.
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Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.
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Brain surgery is a fairly aggressive process. There's a lot to get through. There's the beautiful, delicate shaving first, which is really lovely. There's a wonderful ceremony of putting all the covers on, so only the little bit you're operating on is revealed. But once they make the incision and tear the skin back, the drill comes out.
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Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him.
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Perhaps not being very self-aware in the past masked depression. I think I was confused. I think I was immature. I think I probably was quite depressed.
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Improvising political dialogue is not easy.
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I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.
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I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.
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No one wanted to own Bloody Sunday.
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Tumours can come out of nowhere.
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When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it can be white. To see it taken away is just amazing.
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I don't think I'll be doing a lot more commercials.
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If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to tackle the recent history of where we have come from. It's not only a responsibility, but a privilege.
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I don't know a single person who doesn't regret the things that they did to hurt their parents, or the things they didn't say to them.