Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

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The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between...

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between...

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness...

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness...

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.

Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.