I like cashew nuts.
— Domhnall Gleeson
I did like 'Star Wars' when I was a kid. I saw the prequels first; I didn't see the full original films first all the way through.
'Star Wars' is different to anything I've done before.
My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.
I find looking forward scary because you might die.
I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.
I like films that are gritty and hard-hitting and suspenseful. Thrillers, too.
Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path.
The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best thing is when you get material that really lets you express something and that you're excited about.
Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.
I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.
I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
I do feel a wave come over me when I hear those two words, 'Star' and 'Wars,' said together. I feel tense, shut up, and stare into the middle distance.
Really, all I worry about is the work in hand.
When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.
'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.
Fail again, fail better.
I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.'
The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.
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.
I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.
Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with.
My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.'
It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.
No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.'
I'm certainly a young actor. I'm certainly those two things. Actually, I'm not even young anymore; I'm 29. So, I'm an actor.
I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!
I'm not built like a leading man.
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.
I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.
I've gotten work based on how I look, and I've not gotten work based on how I look. It's all good.
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!'
In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.
The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.
Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!
'Black Mirror,' I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, 'No, it has to be Black Mirror.' And it hadn't been sold to Netflix, hadn't gone abroad at that point - but it's just good work - that's all there is to it.
The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.
Two things are always happening in acting. On the one hand, it's a team sport. We're all pulling together. But on the other, you have to look after your own character. Guard their interests.
I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.
I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
Just because I'm doing 'Star Wars' doesn't mean that'll be the thing that makes people stop me in the street.
It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great.
I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.
Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I look forward to meeting any one of them for a coffee, and when we all get together, I just love it.
The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.
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.
I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.
