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

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The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

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...

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...

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

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

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

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

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

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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...

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.