There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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

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

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.

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...

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 love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

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

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

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

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 dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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 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...

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.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

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...

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.