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

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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 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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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

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.

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 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.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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...

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...

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...