Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.
I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.
Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.
What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.
With Irish drama, things are told with humor.
There's a certain kind of guy, a certain kind of humor, that goes with Irish cops and firemen.
Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.
I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.
That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.
He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligent Irishman can; which is to say that where his knowledge or memory failed him, his imagination was always ready to fill the gap.
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.
Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.
