Gabriel Byrne Quotes

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• Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many…
• Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people…
• And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite…
• It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can…
• What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've…
• A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about…
• It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned…
• The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going…
• From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing…
• Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is infected with HIV - the overwhelming majority of children under 15 who are HIV-positive get…
• I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous…
• I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the…
• Nobody knows anybody. Not that well.
• I called Kevin Spacey one day about something else, but he didnt say to me calm down, like The New York Times said. Because I…
• I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I…
• The manner of your death is not your choosing. But how you prepare for death is
• Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you…
• I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that…
• I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
• I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil…

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