Aidan Quinn Quotes

#1. The family is where most of our joy comes from.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#10. 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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#11. 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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#12. 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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#13. 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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#14. 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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#15. 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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#16. You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

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

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#18. I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

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

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

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

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

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#23. 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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#24. 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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#25. 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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#26. Money is just something to be circulated.

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