I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities. . . you've got to think about getting your act together. I didn't even know what it had been doing to me. I didn't realize how dangerous it was. People talked in terms of drugs and I used to think in terms of. . . well in Ireland, everybody drinks. Nobody gives it a second thought. You're Irish number one and you're a drinker number two. That's the first two things about us Irish.
I have come to understand what being a public person means. I don't let things I can't do anything about bother me.