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" I'd never really been in a series, where you see a man at different points and perspectives in his life. Usually it's a film, where I'm playing a character who just comes in and offers something up. "

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" I've never traveled to promote anything I've been in. I've only been to about two or three premieres. The way I work, I do bits, and then I'm off to something else, whether it's theater or another project. "

Ciaran Hinds

Project

Three

Never

" Stuntwork... once, I've really only done one thing, which is take a punch and transport myself into the air onto a mat. "

" I don't hold much of care for 3D. I think it's a passing fad. It came and went in the '60s. I don't see what it adds to the story. "

" Christianity has its own superstition, anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint of lost causes, why you go this way or that way. "

" It's so tough to get movies made in Ireland anymore. A whole generation of Irish filmmakers doesn't have the resources to get a movie made. "

" No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.' "

" To be quite honest. I have seen a few things in 3D, and it didn't involve me anymore than when I saw something in 2D. "

" I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny and witty and there's an edge to that kind of humanity. "

" We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland. "

" I come from theatre and I always go back every couple of years. "

Ciaran Hinds

Back

Always

" When I was young I read 'L'Etranger' by Camus, and it made me aware of the strangeness of life. "

Ciaran Hinds

Aware

Made

" I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have done comedy on stage. "

" My soul is still Irish. "

" I'll tell you, being on set on 'Harry Potter' was nerve-wracking. It was surreal to be in a room with those three kids, all of whom know exactly what they're doing. "

" I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present? "

" I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me. "

" That's why Tennessee Williams was a great writer. Poetically, dramatically, it was fantastic stuff. And with the landscape, the losers in life populating it. His short stories have got rhythm, something musical about them. "

" Casting is very, very important. "

" I never saw myself as being a cop on TV. I come from theatre, and I always go back every couple of years. "

" I do believe as human beings we are a great mass of contradictions. "

" Most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working. "

" I'm not a comic person at all. It never reached me in the north of Ireland, in the '60s and '70s growing up. We used to get stupid comics like 'The Topper' and 'The Beezer,' things like that. "

" If you're venturing into territory that is slightly operatic, it all has to be done so carefully. "

" I never saw myself as being a cop on TV. "

Ciaran Hinds

Being

Saw

" Grief is exhausting. "

Ciaran Hinds

Grief

Exhausting

" You know, Christianity has its own superstition anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint of lost causes, why you go this way or that way. "

" Grief is exhausting. When you learn - maybe through my age or experience - trying to harness the energy, whatever it is, muted energy or a concentration to find yourself in a place? You try to use it for when it's really necessary and can arrive. "

" For all the acting you can do, the actual soul of someone does somehow permeate through their work. "

" When you find somebody who doesn't give and take, you go, 'Remind me never to work with you again.' "

Ciaran Hinds

Never

Work

" Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies. "