I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.

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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...

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...