I'm very aware of my own background. I'm Irish, French, and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to Native American. We're talking about tiny drops of blood.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in my family. No wonder I've often been cast in exotic roles - Indian princesses, Russian revolutionaries, Algerians, Gypsies and Greeks.
My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.
I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.
Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.
I am myself of a mixed background.
I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.
I'm Irish; I grew up in Ireland, and it's impossible to separate my background from who I am as a filmmaker.
My background is Scottish.
I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman without a single drop of bad blood - certainly not German blood.
My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.