I hope I inspire younger ones. Whatever you're into - sports, whatever - just go and do something.
— Barry Keoghan
Acting brings up a lot of the past. I use my memories, whether they're good or bad.
I've been lucky to be educated by watching the old and the great movies, working with good filmmakers, and being educated on sets.
I'm always wanting to do the impossible.
I want to produce. I want to direct. I want to be my own camera man. I want my own boxing club. I have it all written down. I want to do everything.
Anyone dying is not easy, but certainly not a mother. Me and my brother, we stuck together. The foster families were good to me, and then my nanny took me in.
This industry can take you in and spit you out. It's overwhelming. But I keep my feet on the ground, my Air Max on the gravel.
Boxing isn't a career. Acting is it for me. But they're both very therapeutic.
I want to play someone like Billy the Kid.
That's why I don't live in L.A. First of all, I don't have the money. But second, I want to stay grounded, to be surrounded by real people, to have my head on my shoulders instead of losing track of reality.
Where I'm from, to do acting is not heard of. Being one of the lads and all, you don't just go, 'Oh, I want to be an actor'. They'd laugh and joke about it.
Foster care was a big part of my life.
I have confidence. I don't know where I got it from.
Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older.
I look like a kid onscreen in most movies.
One day, you're talking with Tom Hardy; the next day, you have Nicole Kidman kissing your feet. I never thought I'd be able to say that in my lifetime, Nicole Kidman kissing my feet. It's mad.
It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes.
