I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

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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...

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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...

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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...

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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

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

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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

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

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...

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 can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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...

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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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.