There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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.

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.

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...

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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.