My mother taught me to read.

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

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

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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 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 is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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.

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.

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

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