Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

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Domhnall Gleeson

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 12, 1983

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'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.

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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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I like cashew nuts.

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Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at.

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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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Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.

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

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When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

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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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No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.'

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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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If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams.

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I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.

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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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I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent.

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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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There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.

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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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