Fiona Shaw quotes - page 2

Fiona Shaw is an acclaimed Irish actress known for her powerful performances in theatre, film, and television. Renowned for her roles in the "Harry Potter" series and TV dramas like "Killing Eve," she has earned critical praise and numerous awards. She continues to inspire audiences worldwide with her talent and versatility. Here are 42 of her quotes:

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone. (Fiona Shaw)
Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born. View quote
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in. View quote
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Theater dates very quickly. View quote
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And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation. View quote
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A relationship is sent by God and accident. View quote
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable. View quote
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A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano. View quote
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Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while. View quote
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Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way. View quote
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take. (Fiona Shaw)
I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted. View quote
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things. View quote
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Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films. View quote
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So I just play the character, I play the lines. View quote
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history. View quote
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My mother taught me to read. View quote
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Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw - Image
Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Irish Actress
Born: July 10, 1958
Quotes count: 42