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Jack Gleeson

(1992–1970) Actor

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Jack Gleeson was an actor.

Quick Facts About Jack Gleeson

Born: May 20, 1992
Profession: Actor

About Jack Gleeson

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a six-year hiatus from screen acting. He returned to the screen in 2020 and has since appeared in the Irish film In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) and the series The Sandman (2025) and House of Guinness (2025).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jack Gleeson

I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind…

Academic

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Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success.…

Almost

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Having ones image, and effectively, life, democratized, dehumanizes and sometimes objectifies it into an entertainment product. What sort of valuation of the…

Becomes

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If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very…

Again

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Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor.…

Actor

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I read my sister's diary when I was 7. She was, I think, 13. It was awful to read it.

Awful

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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.

Audience

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I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

Difficult

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I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.

Always

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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.

Changes

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I find it slightly uncomfortable to see my face on a bus or a poster. I like just being known by my…

Being

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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.

Belief

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Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all…

Anyway

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I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard,…

Admiration

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Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from…

Admire

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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.

Actor

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I'd like to be an academic, a philosophy lecturer if possible. I'd do a Masters in Ancient Hebrew maybe, and a Ph.D.…

Academic

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The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.

Actor

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Arrogance is a weird emotion to take on, but you have to do it.

Arrogance

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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.

Define

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I've never seen anyone die. It's hard to imagine what it would be like.

Anyone

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I keep trying to define poetry, but its so difficult.

Difficult

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I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably…

Big

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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.

Acting

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