A biography for James Nesbitthasn’t been written yet.
“People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.”
“Perhaps not being very self-aware in the past masked depression. I think I was confused. I think I was immature. I think I probably was quite depressed.”
“I have three older sisters who, when we were children, used to hold me down on a bad day and put make-up all over me, so I've had an aversion to it all my life and hate sitting down in the make-up chair.”
“That thing of briefly losing sight of a child happened to me when the kids were younger, and you can't see them in the supermarket or wherever. It's a terrible, terrible moment... the most unimaginable horror.”
“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.”
“Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.”
“I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.”
“I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.”
“New Zealand is a place where you can get well.”
“Supporting drama for young people is close to my heart.”
“My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.”
“I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well away from the Troubles.”
“Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him.”
“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!”
“Perhaps our imagination needs crime stories to fulfill some craving we have, as a way to assuage a darkness in ourselves.”
“Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.”
“Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible.”
“'Spoilt' is a euphemism for 'loved.'”
“It's easy to get carried away with yourself.”
“I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.”