Quotes from Domhnall Gleeson

I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special.

All the time travelling in the world can't make someone love you.

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.

'Black Mirror,' I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, 'No, it has to be Black Mirror.' And it hadn't been sold to Netflix, hadn't gone abroad at that point - but it's just good work - that's all there is to it.

Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.

The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.

'Punch-Drunk Love' is my favorite movie.

Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while.

I like cashew nuts.

I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'

Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before.

The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

I'm not built like a leading man.