Telling a story to my son about my brother.
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I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗
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Brendan Gleeson
Irish actor and director
Listening to Iris DeMent singing Our Town, because of her voice and the truth of what she is singing about, which is that small towns and communities are dying all over.
Pauline McLynn
Irish character actress and author
Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
I cried recently, thinking about my late wife.
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View profile →I feel lucky to have been in this business for as long as I have. When I think of the intake that I was with at Rada, only one other person is still an actor, an old fellow called Bill Gaunt.
The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
Probably a suit. If you buy a good suit, it lasts beyond your lifetime.
Aside from family life, which is the ultimate happiness, when I see or hear a great artist.
To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.
If you have a nice drink before going to bed, you don’t stay awake at night. I like almost anything in a bottle.
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