Quotes from Barry Keoghan

I want stories where you either hate it or love it. I want to do movies like that, where it's not show and tell, where it's not, 'This is it, and now you reveal the ending, and that's that.'

I've been lucky to be educated by watching the old and the great movies, working with good filmmakers, and being educated on sets.

I want to not settle for one thing. Because I come from a place where I have nothing to lose.

Everyone wants to be Batman; I want to be Robin. I'll make Robin cool. Make him legit.

I went to an open audition for 'Between the Canals,' and that was a big thing. I suddenly thought, 'Ah, yeah!' Then I started getting brought away to do roles. That's when I got taken seriously.

I want to play someone like Billy the Kid.

Boxing is something I'm very into.

I want to produce. I want to direct. I want to be my own camera man. I want my own boxing club. I have it all written down. I want to do everything.

I've actually eaten in The Ivy in London. I love their shepherd's pie.

I'm always wanting to do the impossible.

Chris O'Dowd's a legend, isn't he? I like him.

I started getting interested in the craft and watching old movies, and they're the ones that reach out to me the most - films like 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'On the Waterfront.' So I start watching all of these, and I was getting educated, and I started being interested in this acting thing, if that's what they call it.

It is hard to keep your head sometimes. I just make sure I surround myself with good people.

That's why I don't live in L.A. First of all, I don't have the money. But second, I want to stay grounded, to be surrounded by real people, to have my head on my shoulders instead of losing track of reality.

I want stories that tackle things.

I'm a guy with simple tastes.

People can get lost in the movie star world. They can't check in with reality, whereas I live at home with me girl, surrounded by real people.

With this acting and this lifestyle, your privacy does get taken a little.

Dior makes me look good, and I make Dior look good.

I don't think you ever really get used to it, do you? There's always another little level of shock in it and of being starstruck at the people you meet. And that's the beauty of it: you're always fascinated, because it's not a normal thing to do, is it, this acting game?

Acting is not a thing where I'm from. Finishing school is a big thing. Not a lot of people finish school.

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

Foster care was a big part of my life.

After everything I've been through - the foster care, the losing my parents and stuff like that, I was never one to kind of go, 'I'm gonna just not try.' I used it all as ammunition.