Liam talks about them coming to be actors in the liner notes.
Yes, I was proud of that analogy meself!
And what the locals complained about was that when they camem home to visit they were "too good for the likes of us" and didn't spend any of their money in the town. Forgot where they came from, it seemed to the unshared-with people. I was sorry to hear that, but could also see that hanging out in the local pub wasn't really their thing any more...
Not that they didn't drink, except for Tommy Makem, who did didn't drink.