Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
AIDAN QUINNIf I’m playing a character who’s concerned about his body – an athlete, say – I’ll get in shape. If I’m playing a character who doesn’t or wouldn’t,
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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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I can’t control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can’t control.
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I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
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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 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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I think there’s a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands – which is where my family is from – in Ireland.
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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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I’m not a city kind of guy. I’m happiest when I’m tromping through the woods. That’s why I don’t live in Los Angeles.
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Money is just something to be circulated.
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There will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
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Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.
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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’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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The family is where most of our joy comes from.
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