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> [I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-don-t-want-people-poking-around-in-my-private-stuff-they-ve-no/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/brendan-gleeson-16797_business_i-don-t-want-people-poking-around-in-my_972018.jpg)

## More by Brendan Gleeson

> [I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-started-hitching-about-the-country-when-i-was-16-or-17-years-old-i/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [What I voice, I voice though my art, if that's not too vainglorious a word. But I don't think it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/what-i-voice-i-voice-though-my-art-if-that-s-not-too-vainglorious-a/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [When I started out at about 19, 20, it took me two years just to tell the difference between a jig and a reel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/when-i-started-out-at-about-19-20-it-took-me-two-years-just-to-tell/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/as-an-actor-to-get-a-gift-of-a-part-like-that-is-unusual-and-then-to/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [Actors will always tell you it's more fun playing bad guys. A lot of the time, it's criminals who are the people who don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/actors-will-always-tell-you-it-s-more-fun-playing-bad-guys-a-lot-of/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/look-at-the-coen-brothers-all-their-minor-characters-are-as/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-d-never-had-any-problem-finding-inspiration-ireland-was-always-just/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I hope I'm worthy in my dying. I hope I can maintain myself - that I wouldn't become pathetic and needy, and the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-hope-i-m-worthy-in-my-dying-i-hope-i-can-maintain-myself-that-i/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/it-s-interesting-going-between-small-parts-and-then-bigger-roles/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I think it's doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there's a serious loss when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-think-it-s-doubly-important-now-that-we-see-so-many-people-failing/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-don-t-want-people-poking-around-in-my-private-stuff-they-ve-no/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/everyone-s-waiting-for-the-seventh-book-and-looking-at-each-other/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/you-can-channel-a-lot-within-a-comic-framework-and-i-think-the-guard/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I think it was a possibility, I think we're all kind of delusional like that, we think that we can all carry on being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-think-it-was-a-possibility-i-think-we-re-all-kind-of-delusional/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

> [I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-gleeson/i-don-t-plan-in-terms-of-career-ambitions-the-only-career-ambition-i/)

[Brendan Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-gleeson/)

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