The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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 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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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...

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...