Gabriel Byrne

I had never been in therapy. I had known a few psychotherapists but never actually took part in the process myself. But I understood that it was about listening, and listening, I think, is one of the most profound compliments that you can pay to another person, to truly listen, and to feel that you're heard is deeply fulfilling in a deep human way.
-Gabriel Byrne

I knew it was about that. The thing was how to make drama out of listening, and so therefore television, because it uses the close-up so frequently, allows you to do that, because by some magic alchemy, if you're thinking something or feeling it, the camera will capture it.
-Gabriel Byrne

. . . listening is a really profound thing to do. I mean, we hear sometimes, but we don't actually really listen, and when we start to listen, it's the beginning of a deeper awareness.
-Gabriel Byrne

The challenge of acting is that you don't hear everything just once. You have to hear it several times because you have to do take after take after take, but to constantly be absorbed and to try to be outside yourself so that you're not aware of listening, because really, truly, profoundly listening is to be unaware of yourself at a deep level.
-Gabriel Byrne