A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

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.

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

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

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

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

Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

The measure of a man consists less in his present perfection than in his willingness to be perfected. A man will be remembered most, not for his accomplishments, but for his character.

Yet Conscience is a nobleman, the best in us, and a friend.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.

It's all a big old chain. There isn't one unconnected link.

One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the first time things invisible before become suddenly visible.

I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community.

People are the least creative when fighting the clock... Time pressure stifles creativity because people can't deeply engage with the problem.

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.