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Fiona Shaw

"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

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"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

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"I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess."

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"I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it."

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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

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"Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it."

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"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"

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"For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic."

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"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."

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"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."

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"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

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