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

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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.

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.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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

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

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 Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.