"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."
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"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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"Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th."
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"I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion."
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"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 that the Irish have."
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"And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation."
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"The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."
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"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."
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"Theater is dangerously open to repetition. Its exciting when you hit on a new way."
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"I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them."
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"People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera."
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"I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going."
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"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."
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"Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history."
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"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."
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"Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time."
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"I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity."
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"I certainly had no intention of playing a man."
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"I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland."
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"The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns."
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