Brian Gleeson Quotes

In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.

I've been doing dramas for a long time.

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but I'm not sure how funny we were when we did it. Then, when I finished my course, it was only then that I decided to go to drama school and try and do acting because I was enjoying it so much and so on.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.

My career is as an actress. I am an actress playing a comedienne.

I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent, and I was really into drama and drama school. And then, in my last year of drama school, I did a comedy show, and the show became a big hit on campus.

I get the most joy out of acting and studying new characters.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

I'm an actor. I'm hired to play whatever it is they want me to play - if I'm lucky enough to be cast for the part - which seems to take a lot of luck these days.

I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I came home, I realised I'd have to have a serious stab at it. I didn't have an agent and didn't have the traditional drama school showcase, so I started a comedy group with a couple of friends.

When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for this,' but the rest weren't big choices, really. 'Hedda Gabler' was a phone call offering it to me, and as I've said before quite embarrassingly, I didn't know the play, so I didn't sit there thinking 'I would now like to tackle Ibsen.'

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.