Barry Keoghan Quotes

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

I would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me.

Today what is more important for me is performance. At the risk of sounding immodest, I have done it all - 61 movies over 12 years. But now I am looking for quality. It's easy to be a star. Now I want to be an actress.

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

I want to write, act, and direct!

I must say, to my great surprise and pleasure, I deeply loved making movies in the United States because of all the opportunities it gave me to work with people that I admire as artists.

I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.

There's so many things I'm dying to do. I wanna do a movie with horses.

You go through this business and you meet people that you bond with, and you get to go make movies with them. It's wonderful. What I've always dreamt of, in my career, is to have a brotherhood of collaborators, and go in and out of working with them. I'm just starting to get that, and it's really lovely.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa, which spoiled the hell out of me.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

I don't believe that all actors should end up being directors.

I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.

I did a lot of hokey movies when I was starting out at MGM. Good and bad, mostly bad.

I'm not in a 'starry' position to be able to pick and choose, but I am interested in telling stories of substance with great directors - that's my only guiding principle.

I haven't earned much money through films.

Every new director you work with, brings in something new and has perhaps cast you because your last work was good.

Working with directors like Gurinder Chadha was a learning experience for me.

Working with Subhash Ghai is always a different experience. Subhashji is my mentor. I'm always glad to work with him.