Theater dates very quickly.

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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.

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.

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...

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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 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...

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.

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

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

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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 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 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.

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

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