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"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."
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"Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy."

"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."

"I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House."

"In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish."

"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"

"I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin."
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"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."

"People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it."

"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."
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