Irishman Quotes

Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship. It involved singing lots of songs before you left saying goodbye, and once you were in the U.S., it involved singing lots of songs about how you were never going to set foot in Ireland again.