James Nesbitt Quotes
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Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.
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Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible.
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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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I think a lot of us who grew up in Northern Ireland weren't politicised enough, frankly.
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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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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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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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Tumours can come out of nowhere.
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I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.
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Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.
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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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My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
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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.
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It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland.
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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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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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No one wanted to own Bloody Sunday.
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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 am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.
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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.
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I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.