Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinnis an American actor, who made his film debut in Reckless. He has starred in over 50 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan, The Mission, Stakeout, Avalon, Benny & Joon, Legends of the Fall, Frankenstein, Blink, Michael Collins, Practical Magic, and Unknown...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 March 1959
CityChicago, IL
CountryIreland
moving athlete character
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.
girl house sneak
I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.
nice levels tables
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.
interesting roles
I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
careers interesting people
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.
stars thinking office
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.
fathers roles
I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,'
almost comedy coming dime episodes flip quite serious straight
It can flip on a dime from being almost farce-like to being quite serious and then back. That's what a lot of us like. I would say it's a comedy more than a drama. But then there are some episodes that are coming up that are straight drama.
annual bit call funny high house ireland northern spent steve supposed three time
I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most memorably, to our annual New Year's pilgrimages to our house in High Falls, where we have what we call in Ireland 'a bit of a piss-up' for three days. I know it's probably the time that I'm supposed to tell a funny story or two about Steve ... because he's such a funny man, but they're private. You're not going to get them.
pacing
When I read the script, I just started pacing back and forth, laughing. I thought, 'I could see myself doing this.' And it's set in New York? That's it.
interview meditate quotes talk
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.
brothers rich sister
To get to do something as rich as this story and this part, with my two brothers and my sister -- you know, there was nothing like it,
worry people trying
I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.
normal persons
I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.