Theater dates very quickly.

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.

Truly worthy are those who become brighter as the days get cloudier so that their light shines through, regardless of how hard the clouds are working to block their radiance.

It was as though everything that mattered was encapsulated in that last moment of my blissful state of oblivion.

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

Credit is money of the mind.

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played.

Requiem has been controversial because people dont feel I gave it closure.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

Don't be the rider who gallops all nightand never sees the horse that is beneath him