There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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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.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

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.

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's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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...

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

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 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...

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...

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.