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

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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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...

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.

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.

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...

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...