I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I’ve gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
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.
More Aidan Quinn Quotes
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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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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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I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.
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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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There will come a day when the phone doesn’t ring as much as it used to.
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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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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 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’m not a city kind of guy. I’m happiest when I’m tromping through the woods.
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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 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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I don’t care. I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.
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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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