James Nesbitt Quotes
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Before I read the 'Bloody Sunday' script, I have to admit I hadn't thought about it that much. There was probably even part of me which assumed there was no smoke without fire. That the Catholics who were shot must have done something to provoke such a response from the army. I was extremely ignorant of the whole situation.
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My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even though I've had problems with writers, it doesn't matter how great of an actor you are. If the writing is bad, you're going to struggle.
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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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The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.
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Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free.
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Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.
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I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.
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I'm not very good at standard English.
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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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I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.
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I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.
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My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
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In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.
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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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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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Improvising political dialogue is not easy.
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My wife is a very strong woman.
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There's some irony in playing a journalist after some of the stuff that has been written about me, but it's a great profession, particularly investigative journalism.
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Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.
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I don't think I'll be doing a lot more commercials.
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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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Tumours can come out of nowhere.
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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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That thing of briefly losing sight of a child happened to me when the kids were younger, and you can't see them in the supermarket or wherever. It's a terrible, terrible moment... the most unimaginable horror.