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

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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...

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

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

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

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

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

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.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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...

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and...

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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...

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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...

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

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

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

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

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.