Barry Keoghan Quotes

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.

In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk.

The truth is that from the age of 14, I felt about 40, and for that reason, I felt that I would never succeed as an actor until my looks caught up with my actual age.

Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

There have been times where I have been playing a 16-year-old, and people have been like, 'She still looks 12.' I'm like, 'I'm 22. What do you mean I don't look 16?' So I'm comfortable just rocking my young body.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I have always played someone like 10 years younger. When I was 23 or 24, I was playing 15 opposite Evan Rachel Wood in a movie called 'Pretty Persuasion.' She was 16 and nobody in a million years would have thought I was that much older than her.

I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.

Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.

It's funny because ever since 'American Idol,' people look at me without makeup and think I'm 15 years old - they think I'm really young and quiet and shy, and that I've never been in a relationship and have never been in love or anything.

I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

I get cast a lot of times in movies with nice people for some reason - because I have a nice face or something.

Usually, I play people who are a lot younger than I am, because people think that I look really young, which I do.

Sadly, I had to retire from the Bond films. The girls were getting younger, and I was just getting too old.

It's only an advantage as an actor - looking younger than you are. If you can maintain it.

My young face keeps me in the running for youthful roles. If my face is going to look 22 then so should my body.

That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.

With my face, everybody always thinks I'm so young, this little guy.

At 49, you want people to think you are at least a decade younger, not a year older.

Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy.

Because I'm quite small and young looking, anyway, I tend to play younger than I am.

People feel I look younger than my age. I don't feel that way.

I'm 25, but I look like I'm 16 so I don't really don't consider age personally.

I don't see myself being perceived as a Bollywood star and I wouldn't want to be that either.