Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

Domhnall Gleeson

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• I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Friendly

• I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Character
  • Try
  • Add

• When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Life
  • High
  • Pretty

• My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.

  

  Adam Christopher
  • Writing
  • Character
  • American

• Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Growth
  • Depend
  • Global

• The research I have been doing - studying how foodstuffs yield energy in living cells - does not lead to the kind of knowledge that can be expected to give immediate practical benefits to mankind. If I have chosen this field of study, it was because I believed in its importance in spite of its theoretical character.

  

  Hans Adolf Krebs
  • Character
  • Energy
  • Knowledge

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Women
  • Character
  • Intriguing

• Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • World
  • Heart
  • Home

• When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Character
  • House
  • Period

• Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Look

• One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'

  

  Taye Diggs
  • Pretty
  • Woman
  • Favorite

• My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Good
  • Character
  • Enjoy

• I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Character
  • Think
  • Funny

• Touring is really a pretty lonely business.

  

  Eddy Arnold
  • Business
  • Pretty
  • Lonely

• Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.

  

  Irving Langmuir
  • Character
  • Truth
  • Science

• I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Believe
  • Character
  • Reality

• Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • God
  • Believe
  • Important

• As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're up for a brawl, we're up for a bloody good feed, and if you've got food, well, we share what we've got, and so should you.

  

  John Callen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Up
  • Old
  • Jazz

• My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Looks
  • Rain
  • Face

• I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States. I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it.

  

  Alberto Fujimori
  • Power

• Walking, it turns out, is a sublime way to get to know people in China. They're used to meeting strangers on the road. Many here understand what it feels like to walk a long way.

  

  Evan Osnos
  • People
  • China
  • Strangers

• In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

  

  Domhnall Gleeson
  • Character
  • Pretty