"Dublin is absolutely wonderful, and there’s plenty to do there, but one of the best things about Dublin is its proximity to Wicklow. It’s one of the most beautiful places on earth. We shot quite a lot of Bad Sisters in and around there. And if you get in your car and drive and speak to the right people and walk far enough up and down winding walkways, you will come across a little beach where we had one of the best afternoons. But I can’t tell you where it is because my brother would kill me."

"If you want inspiration, head here. It houses Francis Bacon’s studio. They took it apart and shipped it over. How cool is that? (They also put it back together again—should mention that.)"

"This is right in the middle of the city, and I think it’s the oldest cinema in Dublin for independent movies. It’s very cool. Along with the three screens, it houses the Irish Film Archive and a library, film and book shop, restaurant, and café bar."

"The Shelbourne is a very historical hotel right opposite Stephen’s Green. Every year since my kids were little, we would book in there and go and stay over Christmas. It has a bar called The Horseshoe Bar, where you really can get the best Guinness. It’s full of history as a hotel, but it’s full of history for me as a family because I’ve watched my kids grow up there. And they do a famously great breakfast."

"Dublin’s smallest pub. Great Guinness and really intimate, so it’s a good place for a first date, ’cause you have to stand really close. I’d a good first date there myself, so I know it works."

"I come from a family of five brothers and sisters and two parents, so seven, and whenever we would get together, that’s where we’d go. You can sit outside and eat, and it’s just great people watching. And they do the best French onion soup, with the giant crouton and the Gruyère cheese. I take my daughters there now, and I feel like it’s just gonna be one of those places that continues to provide good memories."

"This is my eldest daughter’s favorite book shop. A lot of small print publications. Great and unusual titles. It’s like a book shop, photobook library, and art gallery all in one. And they stock Kojak lollies."

"I don’t know why I discovered this park so late in my dotage. It’s a beautiful garden. I really love the garden bits of parks that are a bit more groomed and have a bit more architecture to them. When you walk through it, it takes you out fairly near to Stephen’s Green, and you can walk in the back of a really great café and have some lunch in the basement of a beautiful old townhouse."

"Great bar and Guinness too, but they also do Cheesy Tuesday, where they bring out a load of great cheeses. As you’d expect."

"I didn’t think I’d pick O’Connell Street, but when I was showing Billy [Magnussen] around, he was so awed by it. It’s sort of like the Champs-Élysées: It’s a giant, wide street. It has this beautiful piece of architecture that’s a spire in the middle of it. It has a lot of dignity and a lot of history. I just kind of marvel at it a bit. It’s not, like, my favorite bit of Dublin—like I don’t hang on O’Connell Street—but there’s something about the size of it."