I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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.

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...

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

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