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.

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.

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.

Never forget to be someone even when you get lost in the wildness of a crowd.

It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.

Don't try to impress a loser because If one is not happy about the things happening in their life, one cannot be happy about the things happening in someone else's life.

Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Opening a family-style restaurant with comfort food like mac 'n' cheese, ribs and burgers has always been my dream.

It therefore should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet or painter - to use the object as a stepping stone to a realm of meaning completely beyond itself.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

One of those things that I find hard to dispose of is my attitude to album sequencing, the layout of the pieces.