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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My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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

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

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.

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.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.