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

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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...

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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

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

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 is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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 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 had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.