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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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...

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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...

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

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

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

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

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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

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

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 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...

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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 can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.