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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. "

Domhnall Gleeson

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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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

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

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" Fail again, fail better. "

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" 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.' "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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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