Film Quotes by Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I…

— Aidan Gillen

Every couple of years - no, that's every couple of weeks - I think I'm going to give up acting.

— Aidan Gillen

I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's…

— Aidan Gillen

I didn't want to go to college or work in an office or have a nine-to-five job. I knew that quite clearly before I…

— Aidan Gillen

Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for…

— Aidan Gillen

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time…

— Aidan Gillen

I'd quite like to do a musical. I'd probably have to develop that myself.

— 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 character any time…

— Aidan Gillen

I like the Edinburgh Film Festival, and I've liked what I've experienced of Glasgow's Film Festival too.

— Aidan Gillen

There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing,…

— Aidan Gillen

I have been in control of what I've been doing, of the career I've put together.

— Aidan Gillen