Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!

There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys.

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.