There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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 can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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.

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.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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 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 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.