B.L. I can only imagine how you felt when you read this wonderful script, but then finding out who was going to be in it. Could you get a better cast to work with?
A.Q. I know, and there were so many bonuses. One it was shot in Ireland, two it was a Bruce Beresford movie, who I had always wanted to work with, and three it was a part that I got to use my own voice. I’ve lived in Ireland on and off over the years and I got to work with Stephen Rea who I’ve done three other films with. It was just wonderful.

B.L. You have spent many years in Ireland as a boy and an adult. What was it like being back there to work?
A.Q. It’s very comfortable to be back there because I work there quite often.

B.L. Also having your family along must be nice.
A.Q. Yes, I took my little four-year-old and my wife came at the end of the last one. I showed them around a bit. My grandfather’s house is still there and still in the family where my father grew up and where I lived, it was nice.

B.L. I know that your wife is a New Yorker but have you ever thought about picking up the family and moving there?
A.Q. Yah, but my wife has veto power and she says no! But, someday I would love to have a place there.

B.L. Pierce Brosnan, the guy is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. What was your experience like working with him?
A.Q. Well you said it, I don’t have to repeat that. He’s a complete gentleman. I didn’t really know him. We had met before very briefly to say hello and he’s lovely to work with. I can’t say that I have seen the majority of his work or anything but I was completely knocked out as to how good he was in the movie. Obviously without his involvement this film would have never had gotten made. So it’s great to see someone using their justifiable star power and clout and doing movies like this with it. I wish we saw more of that.

B.L. I would think that you being a father yourself, it would have to have been inevitable for your fatherly instincts to take over during the filming of Evelyn.
A.Q. Oh yes. I think that it’s great for men to see fathering portrayed in a honorable, lovely way. There are a lot of great fathers out there that would do the same thing, that would go to the mat or do whatever they could for their kids. It’s nice to see that.

B.L. It’s a very heartwarming story, and what about little Sophie who plays Evelyn!
A.Q. She’s darling, isn’t she?

B.L. Unreal. She’s never acted before ...
A.Q. I know.

B.L. What was she like on the set?
A.Q. She’s very unassuming and quite funny. She didn’t seem that overwhelmed by anything.

B.L. When are we going to see more from you as a director and producer?
A.Q. I think it’s inevitable my career has to go that way. I just have to stop being so busy to tell you the truth. Having two kids, it’s hard telling them that you have to be away for two months at a time. My kids won’t hear of that, they grab me by the hand and yank me out to play as much as they can.

B.L. As it should be.
A.Q. Yes, so we’ll see what’s next. I did recently do a film for A&E where I play Benedict Arnold and that was great. It also stars Kelsey Grammer from Frasier and that will be out in January. I also did a film called Song for A Raggedy Boy in Ireland about the industrial schools of the late 1930s. That was a great script, so I can’t wait for people to check that out.