Barry Keoghan

It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes. ”

I want stories where you either hate it or love it. I want to do movies like that, where it's not show and tell, where it's not, 'This is it, and now you reveal the ending, and that's that.' ”

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn. ”

I've actually eaten in The Ivy in London. I love their shepherd's pie. ”

I can play younger. It's better to be playing younger because you've got that experience, and it's hard to play older when you're younger. ”

All my foster homes were very good to me. But it's still not a very nice experience. It's only when you're older, you realise: we were on our own in there. As kids, you don't know what's happening. You're here. Then you're in the next house. But the families were all very good to us. ”

Foster care was a big part of my life. ”

I grew up in Summerhill in Dublin's inner city, and I came across an open audition, and they were looking for inner city kids who had not acted. I signed up. ”

In any inner city, there's not a lot of opportunities, and you really have to dig out and chase what you want to do, 'cos it's not handed to you, so. ”

All I would say is it doesn't matter where you come from. Like, Jim Sheridan comes from the inner city, and he's one of the top ones, a top lad. ”