The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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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...

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 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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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...

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

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

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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