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.
AIDAN QUINNI think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.
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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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Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.
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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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I’d sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.
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There’s certainly more work for me in TV these days.
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I don’t care. I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.
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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 think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.
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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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There will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
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Just because you’re from the minimalist school, it doesn’t mean you can’t go big.
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I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.
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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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If 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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