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I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

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We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.

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There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them.

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The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.

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The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.

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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

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In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.

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I think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element.

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I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar.

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I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Actor

Born: December 10th, 1960

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