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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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 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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.