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

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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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.

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.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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