Brendan Gleeson Quotes

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.

I spent a lot of time growing up in Ireland in Donegal.

It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.

Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no power, no stability, no influence, no fashion, no size. Its only real arts are song and drama and poem. But Limerick alone has two thousand ruined castles and surely that many practicing poets.

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you will run into anyplace in the world.

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful.

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

I love playing in Ireland and I've had great support here, like I get everywhere.

Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older.

I think there is a very strong sense of Irish identity, and I think partly that's to do with the fact that we have evolved differently from Britain and other countries in Europe.

My soul is still Irish.

Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old Ireland.' It has been made all of kitsch by the diaspora, looking back and deciding what Ireland is. Yes, it is green. Yes, it is friendly. I can't think of anything else for definite.

It's beautiful, shooting in Ireland. It's an amazing country.

I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.

Ireland, once you live there, you're seduced by it.

I absolutely loved it in Ireland.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I am very fond of the people, landscape, poetry, music, history and the Guinness. Being there makes me think of my mother and my grandmother - always sentimental and warm thoughts.