Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins
Irish politician, poet, sociologist, author and broadcaster who took office as the ninth President of Ireland on November 11, 2011. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Irish Parliament, in the 1981 general election as a Labour Party TD.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 April 1941
CityLimerick, Ireland
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If it meant we couldn't function as a court, I'd have no hesitancy (refusing the cuts). If, for example, I was told to get rid of two more in our respective offices, I don't think we could function.
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She's a very good friend of ours and she was like a grandma to our girls. She was the sweetest gal.
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It's not even real to me, watching these events unfold. I can't believe she's gone.
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I hope by the time I'm 25 I'm financially secure for the rest of my life so I hope to win about 5 million dollars by that time.
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My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that.
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I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability to make a big impression, make friends, and then leave just a few months later.
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I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.
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I can't tell you why I keep getting asked to play gay characters, but I never really considered 'gay' as an adjective, as a playable thing. Maybe it's an element of the character, but it just describes a preference.
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That's how I relax. I love singing with my castmates.
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People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.
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An actor stands in front of a camera onstage, and he controls time and space for the audience. He tells them how long this will take, where to look, when to look, what to think about it. And good performers should be able to do their part with the sound off.
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I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny.
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Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.
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I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me.