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

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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...

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 had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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 Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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...

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...

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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

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.

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...

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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.

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...