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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One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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 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 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 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.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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...

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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...

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

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

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

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

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

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 had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

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

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

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

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