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" Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path. "
Domhnall Gleeson
Go
Nightmare
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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 like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself. "
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" I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff. "
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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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" 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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" Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. "
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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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" No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.' "
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" I like cashew nuts. "
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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
" 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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" Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important. "
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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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" Fail again, fail better. "
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Better
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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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One Day
" 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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" I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too. "
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Too
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" The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special. "
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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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" 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 the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it. "
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" Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while. "
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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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" It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible. "
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You
Down
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