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

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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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...

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state...

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state...

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.

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.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

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

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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.

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...

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...

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.