Grinning Quote by Brian F. O'Byrne

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who…

— Chris O'Dowd

I see the world through Irish eyes, and they are smiling.

— Denise Morrison

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

— Fiona Shaw

The Irish want to smile, and they want to have fun.

— Shaggy

I love the way an Irish man, they can hardly speak proper English, is doing William Shakespeare. So I find that extraordinary as I…

— Gavin Friday

It's that kind of Dublin mentality: you just have to grin and bear some things.

— Ronan Keating

So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's…

— Jack Reynor

If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.

— Chunky Pandey

You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on 'Peaky Blinders.' And the most amazing actress.

— Adrian Dunbar

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

— Frank McCourt

I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of…

— Christopher Meloni

For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television…

— Jim Gaffigan