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" 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

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

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

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

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

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" I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Really, all I worry about is the work in hand. "

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

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

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" Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. "

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

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" I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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