Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

Acting is so much about waiting... waiting for an audition, waiting for the right part to come along. It's nice to write your own thing, write about what you're feeling and then go out and perform them. It's a nice thing to have and not get bored.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind of straight and bland doesn't interest me a whole lot.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

I know that some of the characters I played were trash. But then, I chose to take up those roles, as I enjoyed doing them.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.

I've been in more than 20 movies. You just do the best you can and try to make a living.

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

I always look forward to roles that excite me as an actor.

Give me meaty roles, and I'll sink my teeth into them!

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

I'm lucky to play Elektra. So far, it's the most exciting part I've ever had to play. I've done the physicality a bit before, and I enjoy it.

I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.

It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun, too!

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.

I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline.