I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor.

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.