Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

Every St. Patrick’s Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

That’s what the holidays are for – for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn’t that the Irish way?

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

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.