Ireland needs to do more to encourage others to go into the arts, actor Domhnall Gleeson has said.
star has said there are several great artists 'who have never been artists' as they can't afford it."The truth is that choosing to be in the arts is a mad way to make a living," he said.
"That's a great pity, because... it's a fact a lot of great artists have never been artists as a result".Gleeson said he has been lucky in several different ways.
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