Domhnall Gleeson Quotes
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It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.
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I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.
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Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.
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I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.
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My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
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Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I look forward to meeting any one of them for a coffee, and when we all get together, I just love it.
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The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.
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Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while.
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No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.'
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I'd been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father. I thought I'd always have the father-son thing of 'He got you the part.'
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Life is difficult for everyone; everyone has bad days. Everyone has trouble in their life, because it doesn't matter how rich you are: Sickness and trouble and worry and love, these things will mess with you at every level of life.
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I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.
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There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.
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The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
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I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
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I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
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'Black Mirror,' I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, 'No, it has to be Black Mirror.' And it hadn't been sold to Netflix, hadn't gone abroad at that point - but it's just good work - that's all there is to it.
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I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special.
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I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.
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I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'
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Really, all I worry about is the work in hand.
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I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.
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I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.
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The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.