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"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."
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"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress."
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"The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks."
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"Ever since I got on Days I've been doing theater."
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"I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue."
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"A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington."
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"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."
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"No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing."
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"I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star."
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"The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one particular style and taste for nearly 40 years."
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"I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater."
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"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."
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"I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period."
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"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
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"When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training."
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"I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles."
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"Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over."
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"I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom."
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"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."
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"I love silence."
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"Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days."
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