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.

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

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

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...

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.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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...

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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...

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.

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.

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.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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.

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

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

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

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