Domhnall Gleeson Quotes & Sayings

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident. — Domhnall Gleeson

It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great. — Domhnall Gleeson

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm hugely proud of being Irish. And I don't even know what that means. I just know that it's true. — Domhnall Gleeson

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

People who don't listen make me annoyed. That's the normal stuff, isn't it? — Domhnall Gleeson

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

My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing. — Domhnall Gleeson

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job. — Domhnall Gleeson

The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets. — Domhnall Gleeson

Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. — Domhnall Gleeson

The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it. — Domhnall Gleeson

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!' — Domhnall Gleeson

Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification! — Domhnall Gleeson

I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally. — Domhnall Gleeson

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm certainly a young actor. I'm certainly those two things. Actually, I'm not even young anymore; I'm 29. So, I'm an actor. — Domhnall Gleeson

Just because I'm doing 'Star Wars' doesn't mean that'll be the thing that makes people stop me in the street. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm pleased to say I grew up in a happy family in Dublin. I feel we're very close. — Domhnall Gleeson

All the time travelling in the world can't make someone love you. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

Really, all I worry about is the work in hand. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm not built like a leading man. — Domhnall Gleeson

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.' — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I think I'm happiest when there are really talented people around. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different times a year. — Domhnall Gleeson

I find looking forward scary because you might die. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!' — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it. — Domhnall Gleeson

I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.' — Domhnall Gleeson

I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff. — Domhnall Gleeson

Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path. — Domhnall Gleeson

'Star Wars' is different to anything I've done before. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I've definitely enjoyed myself more on the projects where I've played a good person, rather than on the projects where I've played somebody who is morally compromised. — Domhnall Gleeson

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work. — Domhnall Gleeson

'Punch-Drunk Love' is my favorite movie. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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

'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. — Domhnall Gleeson

There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen. — Domhnall Gleeson

'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm that person in the bar who's like 'Can they turn the music down ? I would like to chat.' I don't like clothes. I'm terrible at all that stuff. I like sitting around and drinking a pint and gossiping or whatever. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

You're supposed to take a second if life is going well, to enjoy it and not just move on with the rest of your day worrying about the next thing. And it's a really trite point in some ways. But it's bizarre how little I had done it at various points in my life. — Domhnall Gleeson

I've gotten work based on how I look, and I've not gotten work based on how I look. It's all good. — Domhnall Gleeson

I've got three brothers; I think all of them are good human beings. — Domhnall Gleeson

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

It's weird to be very good at something and not necessarily to want to do it. — Domhnall Gleeson

My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.' — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too. — Domhnall Gleeson

It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible. — Domhnall Gleeson

We're all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish in this remarkable ride. — Domhnall Gleeson

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

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! — Domhnall Gleeson

I think for my parents it was like "A Boy Named Sue," the Johnny Cash song. A guy named Sue tries to track down his father to take it out on his father for naming him Sue. And his father says, "Look, I knew I wasn't going to be around. So I gave you the name so that you would grow up strong enough to take the hits and fight back." So I like to believe that's why my parents gave me this stupid name. — Domhnall Gleeson

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature. — Domhnall Gleeson

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

There's this thing that you're not meant to have too many children - for global warming, it's bad. But I know lots of crappy people, and I would rather that good people have lots of kids and outnumber the baddies. — Domhnall Gleeson

Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes. — Domhnall Gleeson

I like cashew nuts. — Domhnall Gleeson

I did like 'Star Wars' when I was a kid. I saw the prequels first; I didn't see the full original films first all the way through. — Domhnall Gleeson

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. — Domhnall Gleeson

I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place. — Domhnall Gleeson

The only music I've ever written was for a film called Frank, and the idea was that it was the worst music in the world. — Domhnall Gleeson

I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in. — Domhnall Gleeson

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot. — Domhnall Gleeson