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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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.

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...

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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 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...

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...