There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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

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

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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...

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.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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

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

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.

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

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

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...

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...