A biography for Domhnall Gleesonhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.”
“Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.”
“The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.”
“As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.”
“When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.”
“I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.”
“I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.”
“The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.”
“It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great.”
“There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.”
“It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.”
“Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!”
“I like cashew nuts.”
“My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.”
“Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.”
“I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.”
“The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.”
“I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place.”
“I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!”
“I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent.”