James Nesbitt Quotes
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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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No one wanted to own Bloody Sunday.
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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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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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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'm not very good at standard English.
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I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.
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I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.
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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 mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
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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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Improvising political dialogue is not easy.
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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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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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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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Tumours can come out of nowhere.
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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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My wife is a very strong woman.
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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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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 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.