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be the way he’d (Christy) pull
himself down like that. Daniel
actually used that later on
because we tried to match
certain things like our facial
movements. So there was a lot
of help. Gene Lambert was the
technical advisor who was with
me for all my stuff and he was
brilliant. 
fii
What was it like working with people like Brenda Fricker and
Daniel Day Lewis?
H
Well, they were great. I did most of my scenes with Ray
(McAnally) and Brenda. I’d obviously no scenes with
Daniel. We were rehearsing for a bit beforehand so it
was just brilliant. Brenda was great. We met early on
and I remember her sending me postcards when she
was away. She really got into us getting to know each
other well so that when we were on screen, it was more
like a relationship that we had. And Ray McAnally was
amazing, it was just a great cast. But again we weren’t
thinking it was going to be a huge movie. 
fii
Has it influenced the roles you have chosen subsequently?
H
I’ve got most of my parts from that film, its something
that they come back to and really look at. Influence?
Well, you just want to keep up the standard.
fii
What kind of advice would you give to young actors?
H
I guess that anything is possible, but really just believe
in yourself and have other interests apart from just
acting. If you are interested in writing for example,
because acting isn’t going to be your life the whole time.
It’s been great for me because film is my great passion.
I was an assistant director last year. It’s just expanding
your interests in the camera and storytelling. This also