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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More Aidan Quinn Quotes
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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 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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I’d wear clogs, short pants and ladies’ bracelets. I created this aura for myself.
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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’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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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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I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
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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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Money is just something to be circulated.
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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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Make them laugh, and then make them listen.
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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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Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy’s mind.
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I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I’ve gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
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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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Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
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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 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 had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.
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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 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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Life is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.
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