Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

I'm an actor who directs. Probably always will be.

I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act.

I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with are as important as the parts you play, and that there were lots of interesting people working in film and T.V.

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

I would also love to get into acting. I love being in front of the camera.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

I want to write, act, and direct!

I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress.

I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece.

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.

I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.

It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.