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.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

Even death, faced with the option of death or life, she would choose life.

When we begin to shine, the darkness of ignorance will disappear from our society.

...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.

Your busyness cannot stop God's business to save his children.

May the sunshine ever greet youand sorrows flow away, May the knowledge flow within youand darkness fade away.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.

Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy.

The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next.

Minds differ still more than faces.