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

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

"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."

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

"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."
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"I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity."

"The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."

"To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have."
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