Domhnall Gleeson

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.

No one can give me advice on 'Star Wars' because nobody knows what I'm doing in 'Star Wars.'

I'm pleased to say I grew up in a happy family in Dublin. I feel we're very close.

I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path.

Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.

Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with.