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

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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

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.

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