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" '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. "

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Doing

Bad

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" 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. "

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

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

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

Domhnall Gleeson

Because

Nobody

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

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

Domhnall Gleeson

Work

Better

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Fail again, fail better. "

" The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. "

" 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! "

" I'm not built like a leading man. "

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Leading

Leading Man

" I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too. "

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

Domhnall Gleeson

Nightmare

Down

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

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

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Really

Life

" 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. "

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

" 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. "