65 Quotes by Aidan Quinn

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.