I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion. Fiona Shaw More Quotes by Fiona Shaw More Quotes From Fiona Shaw Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. Fiona Shaw kind joy happiness To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have. Fiona Shaw noble hard-work joy The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor. Fiona Shaw enormous actors energy The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns. Fiona Shaw nouns obsessed obsession I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland. Fiona Shaw ireland stories writing Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'. Fiona Shaw potters three men I certainly had no intention of playing a man. Fiona Shaw intention men Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while. Fiona Shaw style done A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano. Fiona Shaw piano play song My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. Fiona Shaw uncles brother mother One moment cannot be the most important. Fiona Shaw moments important I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it. Fiona Shaw loathe bored theater There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing. Fiona Shaw performing theater stills Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th. Fiona Shaw democracy mean years Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history. Fiona Shaw artistry educated people I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born. Fiona Shaw born next hot I had a ball doing Harry Potter. Fiona Shaw harry-potter potters balls The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain. Fiona Shaw democracies-have democracy rights There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously. Fiona Shaw relief worst I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going. Fiona Shaw chaos knowing talking
