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.

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...

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

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...

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.

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...

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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...

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 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...

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 had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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...

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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.