Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Fionnula Flanagan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Flanagan is known for her roles in the films James Joyce's Women (1985) and The Others (2001), for the latter of which she won a Saturn Award. She was honored with the Maureen O'Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival in 2011, the award is offered to women who have excelled in their chosen field in film. She was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards during her acting career. In 2020, she was listed at #23 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Irish - Actress | Born: December 10, 1941

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I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.

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The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

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People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.

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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.

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There's still a great hesitancy in the Irish make up about expressing feelings... it'd be nice to say I miss you, I love you, come home.

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