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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! "
Domhnall Gleeson
Hair
Got
Lucky
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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. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Notebook
Case
Know
" I like cashew nuts. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Nuts
Like
" I find looking forward scary because you might die. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Looking
Die
Find
" 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
See
Way
Like
" 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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See
Person
Now
" I'm not built like a leading man. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Like
Leading
Leading Man
" 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
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Tell
Talk
" I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Failing
Pretty
" 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
You
Opportunities
Best
" 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
Place
Special Place
Special
" 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
Rich
Life
Love
" 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
Look
You
Team
" 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
Matter
Hot
Hungry
" 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
Work
Look
How
" 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
Thought
Always
He
" 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
Doing
Bad
Important
" Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Go
Nightmare
Down
" 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
Family
Time
Remember
" When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Myself
Way
Younger
" 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
Great
Energy
Always
" I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Going
Actor
Working
" 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. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Kind
Think
Great
" 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
Film
Just
Half
" In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Playing
Where
Scene
" It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Job
Realized
Stage
" 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
Risks
Acting
Sometimes
" 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
Harry Potter
Ever
Nobody
" Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Nice
Person
Nice Person
" I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Special
People
Amazing
" I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Involved
Go