Fiona Shaw

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. ”

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone. ”

Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history. ”

One moment cannot be the most important. ”

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them. ”

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time. ”

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted. ”

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born. ”