Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

One moment cannot be the most important.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

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

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.

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 at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion.

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 when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted.