Aidan Quinn Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make them laugh, and then make them listen.

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

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

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

Money is just something to be circulated.

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

The family is where most of our joy comes from.

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

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

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

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.

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