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Famous Fiona Shaw Quotes
“A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.”
“The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.”
“Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.”
“Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.”
“I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.”
“And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.”
“Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.”
“Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.”
“Theater is dangerously open to repetition. Its exciting when you hit on a new way.”
“I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.”
“I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.”
“People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.”
“I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.”
“There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.”
“There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.”