I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.

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.

i hope thatwhoever you arewherever you areand no matter howyou are feelingyou will always have somethingto smile about.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Our thought is our big enemy, guided by ego that walks on evil path

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that . . .

I as an elected official would never recommend anybody to boycott any city or state.

So natural to mankind is intolerance ... that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realized.

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones

How can you get tired of playing golf?

When you're looking for someone, you're looking for some aspect of yourself, even if you don't know it ... What we're searching for is what we lack.