To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy…

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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...

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

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

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...

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

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 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...

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

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

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.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

One moment cannot be the most important.

One moment cannot be the most important.

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.