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I just checked -- Liam Neeson's from Northern Ireland, so he was in what I referred to as British (what do you call people from the UK?).
He may be from the North but he's not British; he's Irish. In the North, you can choose your nationality. So you can be British, Irish, Northern Irish, British and Northern Irish, Irish and Northern Irish with a light vinegar dressing and hold a passport that says as much. I mean, it's not sloppy to not know that Liam Neeson considers himself Irish but that's what makes it so.
In the North, you can choose your nationality.
This I had no idea about. So he's not a citizen of the UK? My generalisations just got a big bit more complicated.
I'm pretty sure he lives in the south now, though feel free to correct me on that, people who can be bothered to Google. Though this possibly has more to do with artists' tax exemptions than anything else.
ETA: That I'm wrong. He lives in New York. But I think he must spend a decent amount of time in Ireland, just from media stuff that I see. And I'd definitely say he's a northener who'd call himself Irish.
This I had no idea about.
Well, it wasn't true ten years ago.
Though this possibly has more to do with artists' tax exemptions than anything else.
Strangely enough, actors don't qualify for tax exemptions. I think it's because to qualify one must be engaged in a 'creative' activity and acting is classed as an 'interpretative' activity.
What happens if you are an improv actor I wonder?
I think it's because to qualify one must be engaged in a 'creative' activity and acting is classed as an 'interpretative' activity.
Maybe the actors I know just don't pay tax 'cos they don't earn enough. It's a definite possibility.
I think it only applies to sculptors, musicians, novelists, playwrights and painters.
I'd love to see how they try and classify conceptual artists and such. In general I don't like the rule anyway. Stupid Charles Haughey.
All those that write for screen, too.
I love it, I must say. Though, I'm fairly sure there are loop-holes galore in it. A rather successful playwright once told me she was paying 5% tax. I presume that, even before the new legislation, having West End hits was going to be something you'd be stung for.
IAmNotReallyASpring, when you say, "You can choose your nationality" what does that mean? Do you get to enroll as a citizen under the term of your choice, or are you talking about how people identify themselves?
