Domhnall Gleeson Quotes

I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

Is it really every 10 years that you get to work on a great movie? That can't be.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

I would love to win an Oscar one day. That would be a very wonderful thing. But in the meantime, I really hope that I make films I'm proud of. A lot of people aren't going to like the movies I make, I'm sure. But as long as I'm proud of the movie and I'm not selling out, and I'm doing things that make me happy and make me grow as an actress, I'll be good.

A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition.

As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working.

I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything.

When I was 16, I spent a year pushing trollies around a car park, and that wasn't fun. I didn't love working in a supermarket; it wasn't for me. It is for some people, and that's totally cool.

I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years.

Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

Everybody, and that includes an actor, wants to go to work everyday. That said, it's better to sit at home than do a bad film. That can harm your career more than not having a release!

I love TV and film and will happily work there if it's good. But I want the ability to choose between things, to have options.

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

I don't think there are many jobs that would have tempted me away from Fulham, to be perfectly honest.

I am delighted just to work on a good movie, no matter what the medium is.

The industry is big, and if I get an interesting role, I will take it up.

I know I won't be a manager, I don't want to do it, never.

I just make movies and hope people appreciate them.

People say to me, 'You seem to have made this conscious decision to do independent films'. In reality, I haven't. After each movie, I always think, 'how different can I possibly be? Is this going to challenge me, is this going to inspire me, and is this going to make me love my job more than I already do?'

I would assume that there is a greater amount of joy for you in being able to write and help produce your own stuff and make a decent living, but not get rich versus always doing the other stuff that you don’t write, and make more money.

Success for me is just having a job and have the studio feel confident that I can go out there and make a movie that people will enjoy.

I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them. No one believes this, but it's the same. I'm the same person, trying to make it work. I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.