Quotes from Barry Keoghan

Sometimes a camera comes out and people freeze up a little, and I'm like that with normal cameras, but with a film camera, I feel different.

Every actor wants to show a good and deep range, so you look at all the elements here, and you make a conscious choice of where you want to go as a performer.

I'm trying to keep a good record and do interesting movies with interesting filmmakers.

I want to get a wolf and an eagle.

Boxing isn't a career. Acting is it for me. But they're both very therapeutic.

You kind of know what kind of reaction a Yorgos Lanthimos movie is going to get.

All my foster homes were very good to me. But it's still not a very nice experience. It's only when you're older, you realise: we were on our own in there. As kids, you don't know what's happening. You're here. Then you're in the next house. But the families were all very good to us.

Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older.

I recently was in the same room as Leonardo DiCaprio, and one of my favorite movies is 'Basketball Diaries.' That movie hits home for me in so many ways, and in that moment, I was like, 'I have to thank this dude.' So I did.

To be honest, I still get awestruck when I meet my heroes and the people I admire. I think that's only natural.

One day, you're talking with Tom Hardy; the next day, you have Nicole Kidman kissing your feet. I never thought I'd be able to say that in my lifetime, Nicole Kidman kissing my feet. It's mad.

I grew up in Summerhill in Dublin's inner city, and I came across an open audition, and they were looking for inner city kids who had not acted. I signed up.

In any inner city, there's not a lot of opportunities, and you really have to dig out and chase what you want to do, 'cos it's not handed to you, so.

I hope I inspire younger ones. Whatever you're into - sports, whatever - just go and do something.

'Intermission' was my favourite film.

It's very important for me to show younger kids that when opportunities are there, you have to jump on them.

It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes.

All I would say is it doesn't matter where you come from. Like, Jim Sheridan comes from the inner city, and he's one of the top ones, a top lad.

I do reach out to lads that I know who are my age: people like Charlie Plummer or Timothee Chalamet.

Where I'm from, to do acting is not heard of. Being one of the lads and all, you don't just go, 'Oh, I want to be an actor'. They'd laugh and joke about it.

I did Christmas plays at school, but they banned me because I was messing about. And I was like, 'Ah, why?' Because I was getting attention, everyone was laughing at me and I was loving it, I thought, 'This feels good!'

It's not often you get to sit in front of Nicole Kidman in your boxers with a big bowl of spaghetti.

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

This industry can take you in and spit you out. It's overwhelming. But I keep my feet on the ground, my Air Max on the gravel.