Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Jack O'Connell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Jack O'Connell.

Last updated on November 19, 2024.

Jack O'Connell is an English actor best known for his lead role as Roy Goode in the wild west miniseries Godless. He is also known for This Is England as Pukey Nicholls, and as James Cook in Skins, which was followed by other lead roles in the slasher film Eden Lake (2009) and the television dramas Dive (2010) and United (2011).

English - Actor | Born: August 1, 1990

Source: Wikipedia

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.

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If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.

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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.

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I'm actually a hippy in real life. I had three dreadlocks on the back of my head once. They were spawning.

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I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.'

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I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.

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I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.

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My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.'

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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.

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I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.

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I worked on a farm for a little bit.

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I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.

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I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma.

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When all my mates used to think they were proper rude boys, they used to take the piss out of me for wearing casual clothing. But in terms of a faux pas, I reckon I'm too proud to admit it - I'm of the opinion that I always look boss.

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I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. I really like what that suggests. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

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It's an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text.

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I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility. After all this mental lifestyle of the past seven or eight years, it's good to find some outlets that are not bad for my health.

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Certain jobs [films] are for the business really, because they get an audience, they get a global audience. Certain jobs are as an artist. If I can keep moving forward and strike some form of balance between them two, then I'm going to feel content.

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The way America appreciates cinema is different from anywhere in the world. It's celebrated and supported. I don't just mean by the individuals, but financially as well people are throwing money at certain projects.

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