Domhnall Gleeson Professions : ActorBorn : May 12, 1983 Browse All Authors Top 46 quotes by 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. Domhnall Gleeson levels-of-lifebad-dayworry I'm that person in the bar who's like 'Can they turn the music down ? I would like to chat.' I don't like clothes. I'm terrible at all that stuff. I like sitting around and drinking a pint and gossiping or whatever. Domhnall Gleeson stuff-i-likeclothesdrinking People who don't listen make me annoyed. That's the normal stuff, isn't it? Domhnall Gleeson annoyedstuffpeople You're supposed to take a second if life is going well, to enjoy it and not just move on with the rest of your day worrying about the next thing. And it's a really trite point in some ways. But it's bizarre how little I had done it at various points in my life. Domhnall Gleeson doneworrymoving We're all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable ride. Domhnall Gleeson rough-timesremarkabletogether I find looking forward scary because you might die. Domhnall Gleeson looking-forwardscarymight I'm hugely proud of being Irish. And I don't even know what that means. I just know that it's true. Domhnall Gleeson being-irishproudmean Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at. Domhnall Gleeson handsome All the time travelling in the world can’t make someone love you. Domhnall Gleeson one-lovelove-youworld Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before. Domhnall Gleeson tryinginspirethinking It's weird to be very good at something and not necessarily to want to do it. Domhnall Gleeson very-goodwant I think for my parents it was like "A Boy Named Sue," the Johnny Cash song. A guy named Sue tries to track down his father to take it out on his father for naming him Sue. And his father says, "Look, I knew I wasn't going to be around. So I gave you the name so that you would grow up strong enough to take the hits and fight back." So I like to believe that's why my parents gave me this stupid name. Domhnall Gleeson growing-upstrongsong 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 wantlittlespeople There's this thing that you're not meant to have too many children - for global warming, it's bad. But I know lots of crappy people, and I would rather that good people have lots of kids and outnumber the baddies. Domhnall Gleeson kidschildrenpeople 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 newsimportantpeople I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent. Domhnall Gleeson agentsdadgiving I'm that person in the bar who's like, "Can they turn the music down? I would like to chat." Domhnall Gleeson turnsbarspersons I've definitely enjoyed myself more on the projects where I've played a good person, rather than on the projects where I've played somebody who is morally compromised. Domhnall Gleeson good-personprojectspersons I've got three brothers; I think all of them are good human beings. Domhnall Gleeson threebrotherthinking There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen. Domhnall Gleeson old-thingsfilmpeople Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors