Really, most of us just focus on what’s in front of us. We’re too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.
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.
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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 mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.
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I’d wear clogs, short pants and ladies’ bracelets. I created this aura for myself.
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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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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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Just because you’re from the minimalist school, it doesn’t mean you can’t go big.
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Make them laugh, and then make them listen.
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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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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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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’d sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.
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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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Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
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Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy’s mind.
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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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