Domhnall Gleeson Quotes
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I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.
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My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.
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I like cashew nuts.
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Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with.
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I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.
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The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best thing is when you get material that really lets you express something and that you're excited about.
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Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!
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Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.' I laughed a lot, and the romance got to me.
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I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!
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Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.
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Just because I'm doing 'Star Wars' doesn't mean that'll be the thing that makes people stop me in the street.
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I do feel a wave come over me when I hear those two words, 'Star' and 'Wars,' said together. I feel tense, shut up, and stare into the middle distance.
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Two things are always happening in acting. On the one hand, it's a team sport. We're all pulling together. But on the other, you have to look after your own character. Guard their interests.
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Fail again, fail better.
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I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.
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Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.
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Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before.
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I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.
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In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.
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It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.
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When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.
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As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.
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The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.
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I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.