John Connors has revealed that the hardest part of his job is being recognised by people.
Having starred in Love/Hate and created several documentaries, John is now often approached on the street, and has admitted that he struggled with this as he is ‘a very private person’.
“I try my best not to be an a ***** because I realise it’s the first time that person has come up to you. They don’t realise 50 people have come up to you that night, mouldy drunk and being aggressive sometimes.
“Sometimes asking for fights – I’ve got that loads of times. I got the racism kind of stuff [too]. You bite your tongue and do the Martin Luther King thing,” he told RTE.
The actor added that, thankfully, other times people approach him with positive comments.
“But sometimes people come up and they’re so genuine,” he continued.
“You go, ‘What I’m doing’s not too bad – someone’s actually been affected [by it]’. Especially with the documentaries, because they’re real.
“It’s been hard dealing with it, but I’m kind of finding my way to dealing with it now.”
