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Gabriel Byrne Biography

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken.

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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.

Great Times, Living, Tell, Think, Thinking, Truth

This notion that Americans have. . . that they don't have to do anything other than be American in order to lead - that's very pervasive in the culture, it goes very deep into how they see themselves here.

American, Culture, Deep, Lead, Order, Very Deep

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

Gave, Men, People, Probably, Thought, Way

When you come back to a country that you've left, you're in a very peculiar situation because, in a way, you don't belong to that country any more, even though when I'm in America I feel I don't belong there either.

America, Back, Country, Peculiar, Way

The manner of your death is not your choosing. But how you prepare for death is

Choosing, Death, Manner, Prepare

It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place.

Narrative, Pretty, Reality, Spiders, Two, Version

I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.

Dying, Final, Finals, Football, Match

I called Kevin Spacey one day about something else, but he didnt say to me calm down, like The New York Times said. Because I was not deranged.

Kevin, Like, New York, One Day, Said, Spacey

I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.

Devil, Enjoyed, Fun, Priest, Thinking

I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.

Break Out, Cause, Causes, Dark, Image

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

Character, Interpreting, People, Portray, Thumbs

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

Attention, Bear, Bears, Noticed, Pay, Ridiculous

Nobody knows anybody. Not that well.

Coen Brothers, Knows, Nobody, Nobody Knows, Wells

A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.

Completely, Photographer, Photography, Somebody, Thinking, Want

Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is infected with HIV - the overwhelming majority of children under 15 who are HIV-positive get infected through their mothers at birth. Without treatment, half of these children die before they reach their second birthday.

Child, Children, Fighting, Infected, Mother, Mothers

Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn't want to be left in the dressing room with him. It took many years to come to terms with it and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me.

Come, Hurt, Men, Particular, Years

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.

Artistic, Keep, Kind, People, Way

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land, and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.

Divorce, Husband, Progressive, Rights, Vikings, Women