Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.
I am Irish as a person, but I feel Jewish as an actor.
Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.
I am an unusual Irishman. I'm probably Ireland's third most famous Jewish son.
People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us.
I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy.