One moment cannot be the most important..

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, an….

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride..

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that ….

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain..

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

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

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxio….

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because its repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things..

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

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

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

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 ….

A relationship is sent by God and accident..

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

Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'..

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns..

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

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take..

I certainly had no intention of playing a man..

Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films..