Aidan Turner
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I d... RAJIV OUSEPH Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I c... GARY SINISE I feel like I hadn't given that many classic films, like, a really good chance. I watched 'C... MIRANDA COSGROVE I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was... CHARLIE ROSE I was going to France to do my masters and my Ph.D., but I didn't know how to say, 'bonjour.... ZERESENAY ALEMSEGED ERIC CLAPTON FAITH HILL KRISTEN STEWART I don't have any favorite episodes from 'Joanie Loves Chachi.' I liked working with the ... ERIN MORAN MARA WILSON I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I d... TERI HATCHER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Of course when I started, it's not because I was such a brilliant actress. I didn't know I w... 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When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to th... AIDAN TURNER I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that. AIDAN TURNER I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be pa... AIDAN TURNER In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jac... AIDAN TURNER When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue. AIDAN TURNER To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you ma... AIDAN TURNER A good trick I learnt early on is not to immediately look at playback because once you know the shot... AIDAN TURNER I don't speculate too much about the future. That's the thing about this job - it's so f... AIDAN TURNER I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working... AIDAN TURNER On a beautiful clear Sunday morning, myself and James Nesbitt jumped out of a plane together at 18,0... AIDAN TURNER I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldn't say I'm sceptical because t... AIDAN TURNER Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it. AIDAN QUINN AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE AIDAN WHITE to work with the best material that is offered to me at a time when I need to work, and with the bes... AIDAN QUINN I don't get any parts I don't get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to ... AIDAN QUINN It's a kind of star-crossed 'Romeo and Juliet'-type love story, where these two were desperately in ... AIDAN QUINN Paul would be laughing with extras and saying, 'Yes, and then we could do that,' and, 'Let's try thi... AIDAN QUINN Paul sometimes would be a little bit annoying to me, because I'd be behind the camera on a scene I w... AIDAN QUINN To get to do something as rich as this story and this part, with my two brothers and my sister -- yo... AIDAN QUINN This Is My Father AIDAN QUINN I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't liv... AIDAN QUINN I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever... AIDAN QUINN I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't s... AIDAN QUINN We're going to remember the good times. AIDAN NOLAN You like to think the best of people. It's sad, just really sad, that people would take out their fr... AIDAN NOLAN Without a doubt, it makes you appreciate what you have. AIDAN NOLAN I consider myself really lucky to be here talking. AIDAN NOLAN People were going left, right and center. No one stood a chance. AIDAN NOLAN Everything's borne out of human experience, of course - rejection, humiliation, poverty, whateve... AIDAN GILLEN AIDAN CHAMBERS So-called reality TV, which dominates British channels, is destroying what made it cherishable to me... AIDAN GILLEN AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS There's no way the writing staff of 'Game of Thrones' haven't read 'The Art of W... AIDAN GILLEN 'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very styl... AIDAN GILLEN I hope it's not all I'll ever do, but I know I've played enigmatic characters. For me, t... AIDAN GILLEN I like the Edinburgh Film Festival, and I've liked what I've experienced of Glasgow's Fi... AIDAN GILLEN AIDAN WHITE tough, solid horse who gets 1 miles really well. AIDAN O'BRIEN It's always more interesting to take on someone that's going to have hidden sides or a fatal... AIDAN GILLEN When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rum... AIDAN GILLEN Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will. AIDAN QUINN AIDAN CHAMBERS I'm afraid we could be back to square one again. There has been aggravation on the road since Monday... AIDAN TROY The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating in common... AIDAN KAVANAGH It's the worse 3,000 feet I've ever done. AIDAN GOLD I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like ... AIDAN GILLEN Just words?" AIDAN CHAMBERS You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has ... AIDAN QUINN The first time I played a killer, in the 1997 film 'Mojo,' I went to my local video shop and... AIDAN GILLEN 'You're Ugly Too' isn't a comedy, but it has a lightness of touch with a hard edge. ... AIDAN GILLEN She pulled up when she got to the front. She's really only as good as the horses she's racing agains... AIDAN O'BRIEN There are a lot of people watching and waiting. There are a lot of pieces to these networks that hav... AIDAN O'ROURKE It's nice to have a few names. I use a few names myself. I use a few different surnames. I call ... AIDAN GILLEN It can flip on a dime from being almost farce-like to being quite serious and then back. That's what... AIDAN QUINN I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most ... AIDAN QUINN I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most ... AIDAN QUINN AIDAN CHAMBERS The plan is to run Scorpion in the Arc, subject to everything being OK with him later in the week, AIDAN O'BRIEN AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS There's huge anger, huge fear, people are saying where do we go from here? AIDAN TROY I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trou... AIDAN GILLEN AIDAN CHAMBERS He has the most arrogant personality. The way he'll look you up and down, it's unusual in a horse. Y... AIDAN O'BRIEN When you've had a good group of two-year-olds like we did last year and they've all done well over t... AIDAN O'BRIEN We've been happy with him since his win in the St Leger and he's in good form. AIDAN O'BRIEN If everything continues to go as planned, we'll be there. AIDAN O'BRIEN We're going to hope he adapts to the dirt. AIDAN O'BRIEN I didn't want to go to college or work in an office or have a nine-to-five job. I knew that quit... AIDAN GILLEN I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, ... AIDAN GILLEN I do what I can, but I'll always give it a shot. You're not going to see me playing a Welsh ... AIDAN GILLEN Accepting the facts is always tough, so we search for forgiveness to this universe everyday to break... AIDAN MCNALLY Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they re... AIDAN QUINN I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that. AIDAN QUINN There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to. AIDAN QUINN I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself. AIDAN QUINN I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m. AIDAN QUINN There's certainly more work for me in TV these days. AIDAN QUINN I'm not particularly a career-oriented guy. I'm lucky. I can make really interesting films m... AIDAN QUINN I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which... AIDAN QUINN I get to do interesting roles and make a living. AIDAN QUINN I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because... AIDAN QUINN I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn'... AIDAN QUINN Money is just something to be circulated. AIDAN QUINN Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek. AIDAN QUINN You have to make them laugh and then make them listen. AIDAN QUINN I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on se... AIDAN QUINN My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who&#... AIDAN QUINN I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again. AIDAN QUINN I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control... AIDAN QUINN I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's... AIDAN QUINN Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires... AIDAN QUINN It might take me an hour to get to feel at ease with somebody. I don't find it easy to go into a... AIDAN GILLEN There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. V... AIDAN GILLEN It seems to me that most characters, in anything, are flawed in some way, just like most people. You... AIDAN GILLEN I've made a point of trying not to play the same part, and of moving between theatre and film an... AIDAN GILLEN Every couple of years - no, that's every couple of weeks - I think I'm going to give up acti... AIDAN GILLEN I myself started out quite young; when you're working, professionally, even if you are in your t... AIDAN GILLEN Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling am... AIDAN GILLEN People say 'The Wire's bleak, y'know, but I see it as a love letter to Baltimore, and it... AIDAN GILLEN I find still photographs make me quite self-conscious. AIDAN GILLEN I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be. AIDAN GILLEN I hate it when people tell you you're good when you know that you're not. AIDAN GILLEN I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brot... AIDAN GILLEN It's always a good idea to let the audience make up their own minds. AIDAN GILLEN AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS is , and... AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS AIDAN CHAMBERS I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,' AIDAN QUINN It seemed to be able to mine the craziness of everyday living in this busy world. I loved the way it... AIDAN QUINN It's a family drama dealing with these people and about their lives. Talking to Jesus, it's really k... 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