I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.
AIDAN QUINNI’m not particularly a career-oriented guy. I’m lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I’d like to have the choice of the better roles.
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Really, most of us just focus on what’s in front of us. We’re too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.
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I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.
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I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn’t something that I find comfortable.
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I’m not a city kind of guy. I’m happiest when I’m tromping through the woods.
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I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
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I’m not particularly a career-oriented guy. I’m lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I’d like to have the choice of the better roles.
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Life is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.
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Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy’s mind.
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I don’t. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
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Some actors actually think about what they’re going to talk about during the interview–they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It’s very smart, but it’s so planned. I never think to do that.
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I don’t get any parts I don’t get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don’t get offered.
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The family is where most of our joy comes from.
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I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy.
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My thing about looking good is that it should be the character.
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You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I’m not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.
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