BRIAN F. O'BYRNE

Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in theatre, and in theatre in New York, we work Christmas Day a lot of the time as well.

There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.

Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance - 'We don't want to typecast ourselves.' But I said, 'I want to do Irish parts. That's the thing that's gonna give me the leg up.'

I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.

Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance - 'We don't want to typecast ourselves.' But I said, 'I want to do Irish parts. That's the thing that's gonna give me the leg up.'

There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.

Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in theatre, and in theatre in New York, we work Christmas Day a lot of the time as well.

I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.