Cyril Cusack Quotes

14 quotations by Cyril Cusack

They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

It is plain to me now that the Irish Producers, quite as strongly as the Critics, have neither sympathy nor understanding of my mode of playwriting.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I was rather a fat little boy.

I love the theatre and theatre people.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days.

I am basically a religious man.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.