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" I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Going
Actor
Working
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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 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. "
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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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" 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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" Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with. "
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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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" 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. "
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" It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job. "
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Stage
" I find looking forward scary because you might die. "
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" Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.' "
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Cup
Fan
" I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it. "
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Audience
Go
" 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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Time
" 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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Time
Remember
" 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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You
Team
" 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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Doing
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Thought
" 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
" Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life. "
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Career
Great
" The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. "
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Dreams
True
Really
" 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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" I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification! "
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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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" Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. "
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Really
Handsome
" I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing. "
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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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