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 …

- Fiona Shaw

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

- Fiona Shaw

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

- Fiona Shaw

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

- Fiona Shaw

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

- Fiona Shaw

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.

- Fiona Shaw

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

- Fiona Shaw

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

- Fiona Shaw

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing …

- Fiona Shaw