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" The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Lights
Jets
Something
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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 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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Way
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" The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special. "
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Brothers
Special
Coen
" No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.' "
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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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Day
Months
One Day
" 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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Create
Giving
" I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing. "
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" Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path. "
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Go
Nightmare
Down
" 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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Street
Doing
People
" I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it. "
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Like
Really
Life
" 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
" 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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Way
Career
Great
" When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Myself
Way
Younger
" I'm not built like a leading man. "
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Like
Leading
Leading Man
" I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too. "
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Gritty
Too
Thrillers
" As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough. "
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Want
Yourself
You
" I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Going
Actor
Working
" If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams. "
Domhnall Gleeson
World
Person
Chemistry
" 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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Me
Think
Time
" Fail again, fail better. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Again
Better
Fail
" Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. "
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Where
Really
Handsome
" It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible. "
Domhnall Gleeson
You
Down
Nice
" 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'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 find looking forward scary because you might die. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Looking
Die
Find
" 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.' "
Domhnall Gleeson
Doing
Think
Thought
" It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job. "
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Job
Realized
Stage
" '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. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Work
Time
Good
" 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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Great
Energy
Always
" I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident. "
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Accident
Interested
Fell