Quotes from Jamie Dornan

I think sometimes actors are drawn to good television because you have more time to sell it, you have more time to shape a character, and to tell a story, and that's really appealing.

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

I love fatherhood.

I feel good that I have my life in order. I'm not addicted to anything that I'm aware of.

Addiction is a terrible thing.

Love from the fans is flattering. That's what makes the show. They are so essential to everything involved with 'Once Upon a Time.'

Being a leading man can come in many different forms.

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

I've never felt massively satisfied from standing there while someone takes my photograph. It's never given me a thrill.

I don't think if you looked up all the main points of feminism I would tick every one essentially myself.

I feel very tied to Ireland and the U.K. and that side of the world.

One of my favorite things about my life is that I have the same group of friends that I grew up with. I love them so dearly, and we give each other a hard time.

It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'

My wife is a brilliant, hugely understanding person.

I'm a fairly worldly guy.

I'm not saying that experiencing loss is why I can cope with darker worlds - I'm not saying that for a second - but I think it opens up a side of you in terms of work that wouldn't be as accessible had that stuff not happened.

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.

People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.

I think when romantic comedies are done well, it's a great genre. 'When Harry Met Sally' is kind of a benchmark for me, but I'm very happy to admit that I love 'Pretty Woman.' I do! It's a great film, and so is 'Sixteen Candles.' I was a big John Hughes fan - still am. I have moments where I have to watch a Hughes film.

I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

Throughout Ireland, there's a brilliant community of filmmakers and actors, and I guess there was always a lure to do some work in the place where I come from.

I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like that myself by nature, but there's just something that you can really grab hold of if people have a darkness in them, I think.