I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

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It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I'd become an actor.

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The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

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There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm to happy being myself.

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There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

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It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course.

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I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

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Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray events and characters as realistically as you can.

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