#p

I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#found #i #level #much #nicer

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#dominated #family #father #mother #passionate

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#country #full #genius #ireland #problem

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#death #father #got #him #his

We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#anything #because #devoted #fought #great

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. ↗

— John Leonard

#bad #bad times #boldness #cellars #hand

Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#american cinema #cinema #did #disappears #even

History is more interesting than politics. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#interesting #more #politics #than

I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#am #empathy #go #human #i

I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#blair #cultural #far #film #i