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

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

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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.

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 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.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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

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

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...

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...