“Sometimes it’s like I’m two different actors with two different careers, the Star Trek career and the other career.”

— Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney: 'explaining Ireland to the British' is 'quite a task' https://www.irishpost.com/news/colm-meaney-interview-173911 (November 15, 2019)

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