Top 30 Quotes & Sayings by Aidan Quinn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish actor Aidan Quinn.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Aidan Quinn is an Irish American actor who made his film debut in Reckless (1984). He has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), and Unknown (2011).

Irish - Actor | Born: March 8, 1959

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I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.

Aidan Quinn

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.

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Money is just something to be circulated.

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I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.

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I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.

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I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.

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I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

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I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland.

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There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.

Aidan Quinn

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

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I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

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You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

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My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.

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I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

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I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

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You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

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I'm not particularly a career-oriented guy. I'm lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I'd like to have the choice of the better roles.

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I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.

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I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.

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Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.

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Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

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Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

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Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.

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There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.

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Make them laugh, and then make them listen.

Aidan Quinn

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods.

Aidan Quinn

I don't get any parts I don't get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don't get offered.

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Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy's mind.

Aidan Quinn

The family is where most of our joy comes from.

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I don't care. I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that. Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview--they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

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Top 30 Quotes & Sayings by Aidan Quinn

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