Quotes by Domhnall Gleeson

About Domhnall Gleeson:

Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director, and writer. He has acted on both stage and screen, earning a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He has performed in several shows at Dublin's Gate Theatre, including adaptations of American Buffalo and Great Expectations.
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When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

Domhnall Gleeson

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.

Domhnall Gleeson

Life is difficult for everyone; everyone has bad days. Everyone has trouble in their life, because it doesn't matter how rich you are: Sickness and trouble and worry and love, these things will mess with you at every level of life.

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'Punch-Drunk Love' is my favorite movie.

Domhnall Gleeson

Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at.

Domhnall Gleeson

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

Domhnall Gleeson

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

Domhnall Gleeson

Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while.

Domhnall Gleeson

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

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Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.'

Domhnall Gleeson

I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place.

Domhnall Gleeson

If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams.

Domhnall Gleeson

I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.

Domhnall Gleeson

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

Domhnall Gleeson

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

Domhnall Gleeson

I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'

Domhnall Gleeson

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

Domhnall Gleeson

Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.' I laughed a lot, and the romance got to me.

Domhnall Gleeson

I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.

Domhnall Gleeson

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

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I'm not built like a leading man.

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Author Bio

  • NameDomhnall Gleeson
  • DescriptionIrish actor, film director and screenwriter
  • BornMay 12, 1983
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Writer