Theater dates very quickly.

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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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...

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.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.