"My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community."

"I do enjoy reading some science fiction."

"But we're born as children and we look at the world with open eyes... And we don't judge and we don't betray. We're not jealous. We're not envious. We're not even weary, which is a danger also as kids. They have to learn a certain amount of awareness."

"I like to go for a little drive up the California coast."

"Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on."

"To love truly means recognizing that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"To love truly means recognizing that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding Crashers,' people suddenly realized that it was something I could do."