In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set. Chris O'Dowd More Quotes by Chris O'Dowd More Quotes From Chris O'Dowd Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz. Chris O'Dowd buzz creative want I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out. Chris O'Dowd performing enjoy kind Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.' Chris O'Dowd brother children thinking Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally. Chris O'Dowd behave people I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is. Chris O'Dowd actors acting doubt Sometimes films about oppression or suppression can be quite maudlin and quite dour. Sometimes you need a little sugar with the medicine and I think of myself as the little sugar. Chris O'Dowd medicine needs thinking I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat. Chris O'Dowd strong-women heartbeat grew-up I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why not? My dad's view of New York is very similar to Americans' when they talk about Ireland. Chris O'Dowd dad new-york thinking Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world. Chris O'Dowd most-amazing amazing-woman world When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new. Chris O'Dowd hate nostalgia past Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where scripts are sacrosanct, aren't quite as present in scenes. That's a massive generalization, but in my experience, I find that comedy people are great to improvise with and to do scenes with because they're there. Chris O'Dowd comedy sometimes people I'm never overawed by a situation and I think that's because I've always looked several years older than I am. So because people were treating me like I was 40 when I was 29, I've always felt in control of a situation. People used to say, when you're 32, you'll look 32. I'm still waiting for that moment, where my age catches up with my appearance. Chris O'Dowd people years thinking I don’t know if I’d do an action movie because I don’t know if I could keep a straight face honestly, I just think it’s so silly. Like I love watching them but I can’t imagine me doing one. Actually, you know what I’ve done, just for fun because I didn’t think there was any way that I could be in a superhero movie, so I’ve done a scene in the new “Thor” movie, just for that. I just do like one scene, which was quite fun. Chris O'Dowd silly fun thinking When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not. Chris O'Dowd taken stupid dream I'd like my super power to be puns; I'd like to be great at puns: pun power. Then I could go on loads of panel shows and live off that forever. Chris O'Dowd pun goes-on forever For most of my life, I've been, ‘Hey, I'm not into it, but I respect your right to believe whatever you want'. But as time goes on, weirdly, I'm growing less liberal. I'm more like, 'No, religion is ruining the world, you need to stop!’ Chris O'Dowd hey believe needs There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful. Chris O'Dowd england successful country I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree. Chris O'Dowd mature goes-on thinking I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time. Chris O'Dowd jobs past thinking L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it. Chris O'Dowd scotland oil fun
