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

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.

You're only as good as your last article, so make it memorable.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

religion is poetry, - poetry is religion.

Killing and gangbanging, that's just wrong.

We can all be beautiful girls.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.