Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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.
The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.
I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.
I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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.
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.
One moment cannot be the most important.
I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted.
Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.
Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
I certainly had no intention of playing a man.
I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.
There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.
Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
Theater dates very quickly.
I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because its repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films.
And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
A relationship is sent by God and accident.
