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.
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.
AIDAN QUINNI’d wear clogs, short pants and ladies’ bracelets. I created this aura for myself.
AIDAN QUINNReally, most of us just focus on what’s in front of us. We’re too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.
AIDAN QUINNThere’s certainly more work for me in TV these days.
AIDAN QUINNI think there’s a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands – which is where my family is from – in Ireland.
AIDAN QUINNI don’t. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
AIDAN QUINNMoney is just something to be circulated.
AIDAN QUINNLife is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.
AIDAN QUINNI would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy.
AIDAN QUINNI get to do interesting roles and make a living.
AIDAN QUINNI loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I’ve gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
AIDAN QUINNI 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.
AIDAN QUINNThere will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
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,
AIDAN QUINNYou 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.
AIDAN QUINNBeing physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.
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