Actors Quote by Christopher Meloni

Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance…

— Brian F. O'Byrne

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

To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you make that move, you do…

— Aidan Turner

Throughout Ireland, there's a brilliant community of filmmakers and actors, and I guess there was always a lure to do some work in the…

— Jamie Dornan

I grew up in a small town in Ireland and didn't know any actors. I never thought it was a viable job. It wasn't…

— Katie McGrath

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry's in Dublin.

— Aisling Bea

We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have…

— Susan Mitchell

Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.

— Garry Hynes

There are certainly many British plays which go down far better with Dublin audiences than they would in Belfast.

— Ian McElhinney

Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?” Keith asked... “you all think you’re Irish. What’s the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is…

— Maureen Johnson

Most of the people in Donegal knew me long before I was an actor. But even since then, they don't talk that much about…

— Matthew Broderick

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies.

— Ciaran Hinds