This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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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 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.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

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.

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.

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...

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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.

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

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

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 certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.