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" 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. "

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" 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

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

" I like cashew nuts. "

Domhnall Gleeson

Nuts

" I'm certainly a young actor. I'm certainly those two things. Actually, I'm not even young anymore; I'm 29. So, I'm an actor. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

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

" The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification! "

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

" 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. "

" Every actor is like, 'I could direct!' "

Domhnall Gleeson

Could

Every

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

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

Domhnall Gleeson

I Feel

Feel

" My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them. "

" I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it. "

Domhnall Gleeson

Really

Life

" 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. "

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

Domhnall Gleeson

Head

Audience

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

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

" 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! "

" 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.' "