Quotes By Fiona Shaw

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.