we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.

I used up every cent I had earned as an actress.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.