Being part of 'Game of Thrones' is amazing, really incredible.
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For years, I was just Joe Bloggs. There was no excitement until 'Game of Thrones,' and then people started recognizing me.
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Ordinarily, when you go to see a play, an awful lot is presented in front of your eyes.
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I've met people who've watched 'Derry Girls' in Australia and America and it's incredible. I think the constant access to it, meaning you can watch it again and again helps.
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One of the problems that comes up time and time again seems to be this notion of being 'pure' Irish. If you are Protestant, born in the Northern part of the island and deeply into the Protestant tradition, that somehow does not make you a legitimate Irish person. Yet there is a huge British influence in parts of the South.
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It used to be that if I was stopped in the street at all it would be for Ser Barristan Selmy, but now it's just as often, if not more often, for my character in 'Derry Girls,' I find it extraordinary.
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I was living in Britain and then America, but it wasn't until I returned to live in Ireland in the late '70s that I really became aware of Seamus Heaney. I discovered quickly that his poems are very accessible.
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Sometimes all you can do is sit back and be amazed.
