There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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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...

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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...

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

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

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.