I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.
Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.
I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.

