James Nesbitt Quotes

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James Nesbitt

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 15, 1965

Kids at a certain age don't necessarily want to be dragged to the other side of the world.

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We have to get behind the scientists and push for a dementia breakthrough. It could be that we fear dementia out of a sense of hopelessness, but there is hope, and it rests in the hands of our scientists.

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Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free.

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As fabulous as technology is, it can also make us very anxious.

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Supporting drama for young people is close to my heart.

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I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.

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No one wanted to own Bloody Sunday.

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Improvising political dialogue is not easy.

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All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life.

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A lot of people of my Ulster Protestant background would have been very suspicious of the notion of a film about Bloody Sunday. Our fear would have been that it would be terribly anti-Britain and anti-soldiers: a piece of nationalist propaganda.

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I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.

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I want to beat up Michael Fassbender in a movie. I was with him at the beginning of his career when he did an episode of 'Murphy's Law.' He's a proper superstar and enormously talented, but I want to do a scene where I properly duff him up.

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What I discovered all over Ireland is that people living simple lives by the sea or in the remote countryside seem a lot calmer than city folk with their iPads and their Android phones.

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New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

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People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.

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As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and how keenly it will always be felt, there was, nevertheless, a sense of relief that my father, sisters and I could say a final goodbye after the longest goodbye and relief that my mum had finally been released.

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