Brendan Gleeson

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around…

— 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.

— Brendan Gleeson

When I started out at about 19, 20, it took me two years just to tell the difference between a jig and…

— Brendan Gleeson

As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Brendan Gleeson

Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running?

— Brendan Gleeson

You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the…

— 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…

— 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…

— Brendan Gleeson

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless…

— Brendan Gleeson

When I first was able to fill in A-C-T-O-R for the occupation line on my passport, that was the first time I…

— Brendan Gleeson

Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right…

— Brendan Gleeson

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I…

— Brendan Gleeson

I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in…

— Brendan Gleeson

For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm…

— Brendan Gleeson

I tend to look for the good in bad people and the bad in good people, to make them human. 'Cause I…

— Brendan Gleeson

So, to get to play somebody who was insisting on it, in spite of all the evidence was very liberating and exciting.…

— Brendan Gleeson

I worked with Steven Spielberg on 'AI,' and his level of preparation was extraordinary. He told me there was a time at…

— Brendan Gleeson

I'm aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of…

— Brendan Gleeson