Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

The approach to 'Star Wars' was more complicated than usual merely by the nature of its expansiveness.

I came up during the 'Star Wars' generation and that was sort of the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it.

'Star Wars' is different to anything I've done before.

I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all.

Being part of the original 'Star Wars' generation, I have always known a dark future.

'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind of dude?

Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.

I haven't done the Star Wars kind of films.

When I was making 'Star Wars,' I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, 'I'm going to create a world that's fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.'

Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.

I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress - because my son was completely crazy about 'Star Wars.'

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all.

I love 'Star Wars,' you know, and I can't remember the last story meeting I've been in where 'Star Wars' wasn't referenced. It's so perfect in so many ways.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.

My most memorable science fiction experience was 'Star Wars' and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots.

As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

It's good to please the network, but you really just have to tell the stories you want to tell, and if you try to please other people, it ends up starting to water stuff down. Those decisions we have to make are hard, but we usually just err on the side of 'What would we want to see?'

When I watch movies - when I watch 'Star Wars' - you want to watch the fun characters, the diversions.

I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.

I have been in 'Star Wars' since I was 20.

'Star Wars' is so accessible that, at any point, you can sort of jump in and become immersed in it.

Every creator has to follow what they believe. That's the message I would love for every single executive to get, to clearly understand, and every single producer out there.