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Small: Its always nice to start off with a good result
"It's always nice to start off with a good result"
Robbie Keane, Athlete
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Small: A lot of players might be tired, but I feel nice and sharp
"A lot of players might be tired, but I feel nice and sharp"
Robbie Keane, Athlete
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Small: We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received
"We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received a TV Guide award for favorite actress on television"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Season number seven! Its been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that coul
"Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and thats been very moving. Were
"People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, Im th
"I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that Ive been asked to endorse any number of causes over t
"Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Its the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing
"It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: For me now, its about what you would write and what you wouldnt write, and thats how I select what I am going
"For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man
"I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man"
Frank Carson, Comedian
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Small: Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?
"Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"
Frank Carson, Comedian
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Small: A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in
"A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care"
Shane Leslie, Diplomat
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Small: Were nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and weve had religious wars for years. I didnt want to c
"We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational
"This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team
"Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Id love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedu
"I'd love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it's a wonder you can squeeze in anything"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that
"I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so theyre getting exc
"There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East"
Robbie Keane, Athlete
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Small: The End of the Affair is almost like a play
"The End of the Affair is almost like a play"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around kill
"No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: Never make a promise - you may have to keep it
"Never make a promise - you may have to keep it"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: Its the opposite journey from what Ive usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pl
"It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pleasurable environment, like what you see outside there, to a very dark place. But the opposite journey, which is what this movie takes, is much more complicated"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: And I think I often choose to do something because its quite different from what Ive done before
"And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before"
Neil Jordan, Director
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Small: Im aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to th
Brendan Gleeson
"I'm aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to the nitty gritty and go into the phonetics of it, if necessary. Find out not just the sounds but the rhythms and the music - or lack thereof - in a particular accent"
Brendan Gleeson, Actor
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Small: I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule op
"I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college
"I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach
"I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: A smile costs about 240
"A smile costs about $240"
Roma Downey, Actress
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Small: Theres too many people in seats of power who just havent got a clue what theyre doing. Theyre bean counters, a
Pierce Brosnan
"There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it just pisses me off because consequently our kids go to see crap movies"
Pierce Brosnan, Actor
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Small: Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a ro
Pierce Brosnan
"Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it"
Pierce Brosnan, Actor
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Small: I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting
Pierce Brosnan
"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting"
Pierce Brosnan, Actor
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Small: When people dont believe in you, you have to believe in yourself
Pierce Brosnan
"When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself"
Pierce Brosnan, Actor
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Small: People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, pe
"People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true"
Enya, Musician
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Small: My first language is Gaelic
"My first language is Gaelic"
Enya, Musician
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Small: I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe
"I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe"
Enya, Musician
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Small: I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playin
"I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it"
Enya, Musician
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Small: I dont plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going
Brendan Gleeson
"I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise"
Brendan Gleeson, Actor
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Small: The one thing I can assure you is that Im not going to do a Prescott
David Trimble
"The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott"
David Trimble, Politician
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Small: His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin
"His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin"
John Philpot Curran, Public Servant
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Small: We live in an epoch of denudation
"We live in an epoch of denudation"
John Joly, Scientist
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