Jack O'Connell Quotes & Sayings

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living. — Jack O'Connell

You think you know death, but you don't, not until you've seen it, really seen it... And it gets under your skin and lives inside you.

You also think you know life, stand on the edge of things and what you go by but you're not living it, not really, you're just a tourist, a ghost, then you see it, really see it, it gets under your skin and lives inside you, and there's no escape, there's nothing to be done, and you know what? it's good, it's a good thing.

And that's all I've got to say about it. — Jack O'Connell

I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.' — Jack O'Connell

My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.' — Jack O'Connell

I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art. — Jack O'Connell

I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma. — Jack O'Connell

The way America appreciates cinema is different from anywhere in the world. It's celebrated and supported. I don't just mean by the individuals, but financially as well people are throwing money at certain projects. — Jack O'Connell

I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it. — Jack O'Connell

Reading scripts is actually quite a relaxing part of the job. Strangely relaxing. This is a whole different ball game. — Jack O'Connell

It's an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text. — Jack O'Connell

I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life. — Jack O'Connell

Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail. — Jack O'Connell

I'm actually a hippy in real life. I had three dreadlocks on the back of my head once. They were spawning. — Jack O'Connell

If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature. — Jack O'Connell

Certain jobs [films] are for the business really, because they get an audience, they get a global audience. Certain jobs are as an artist. If I can keep moving forward and strike some form of balance between them two, then I'm going to feel content. — Jack O'Connell

I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film. — Jack O'Connell

I worked on a farm for a little bit. — Jack O'Connell

I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility. — Jack O'Connell

I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span. — Jack O'Connell

I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot. — Jack O'Connell