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.

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

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

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 can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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...

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

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

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

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...