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I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I wrote plays and gave myself parts, then I wrote sketches, then I did stand-up. Even in the school nativity I was the emu in the manger.


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JACK REYNOR I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in th...
JACK REYNOR So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say...
JACK REYNOR I make it my business to see or do something cultural in every place I go to. If you don't, you&...
JACK REYNOR My least favorite thing about New York is probably the traffic. I hate it. The people are such aggre...
JACK REYNOR With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That'...
JACK REYNOR I went up for the first time when I was 18. It's a great place - I love L.A.; I mean, in Ireland...
JACK REYNOR If I'm brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.
JACK REYNOR There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can&...
JACK REYNOR My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.
JACK REYNOR The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact th...
JACK REED There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. Bu...
JACK REED Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Russian interference in our democracy. We need to get...
JACK REED It's not wrong to be skeptical. I was one who participated in the debate on Iraq and voted again...
JACK REED We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibi...
JACK REED The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Securi...
JACK REED Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the require...
JACK REED We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It...
JACK REED To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
JACK REED I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goa...
JACK REED The best reduction, the most final reduction, is to destroy the warheads.
JACK REED The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the b...
JACK REED Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to o...
JACK REED