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"Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy."
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"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."
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"It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas."
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"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."
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"In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish."
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"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"
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"Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy."
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"I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor."
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"Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life."
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"It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time."
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"Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day."
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"Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth."
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"I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative."
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"I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved."
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"I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that."
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"I've always thought with relationships, that it's more about what you bring to the table than what you're going to get from it. It's very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then it's not so good."
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"I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck."
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