“There's some irony in playing a journalist after some of the stuff tha...” — James Nesbitt Quote

“There's some irony in playing a journalist after some of the stuff that has been written about me, but it's a great profession, particularly investigative journalism.”

“I grew up loving women and without misogyny, rancour or prejudice, totally loved and loving. And no matter what has happened since, I don't think I have treated women in my life very badly.”

“Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.”

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

“I get an awful lot of people coming up and saying they went to school with me. There must have been 80,000 pupils at that school!”

“I do commercials, but I also go to Sudan as an ambassador for UNICEF.”

“I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff.”

“The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always find its way, be it on the Internet or wherever.”

“With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can't go head-to-head with the networks.”

“I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.”

“I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer. I manipulate and change and control.”

“I am a fan of crime investigative series.”