I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I’ve gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
AIDAN QUINNCelebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
More Aidan Quinn Quotes
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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 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’d wear clogs, short pants and ladies’ bracelets. I created this aura for myself.
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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 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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There will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
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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 get to do interesting roles and make a living.
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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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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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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’m not a city kind of guy. I’m happiest when I’m tromping through the woods.
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Make them laugh, and then make them listen.
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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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Just because you’re from the minimalist school, it doesn’t mean you can’t go big.
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