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

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

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

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

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

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

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