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" For all the acting you can do, the actual soul of someone does somehow permeate through their work. "

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" My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting influence must have been from her - yes, put it down to my mother. "

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" I'm not a comic person at all. It never reached me in the north of Ireland, in the '60s and '70s growing up. We used to get stupid comics like 'The Topper' and 'The Beezer,' things like that. "

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" Grief is exhausting. "

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" We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland. "

" Grief is exhausting. When you learn - maybe through my age or experience - trying to harness the energy, whatever it is, muted energy or a concentration to find yourself in a place? You try to use it for when it's really necessary and can arrive. "

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" I've got a fairly low profile - I go and do me shopping when I need to! "

" You know, Christianity has its own superstition anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint of lost causes, why you go this way or that way. "

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" I do believe as human beings we are a great mass of contradictions. "

" You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right. "

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" I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me. "