The difference that a drama group or a cinema club can make to a small village or a town. It opens people up to ideas, potential about themselves that really, in a way, education often fails to. It’s a way of drawing a community together. Gabriel Byrne Read Quote
I don’t disrespect anybody who espouses a particular religion or belief – that is their own right to do that. But I think it’s terribly important to look beyond the comfort that religion gives. Gabriel Byrne Read Quote
When you’re still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant – Gene Hackman is another – at being and allowing the audience to just do the work. Gabriel Byrne Read Quote
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. Gabriel Byrne Read Quote