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Top 10 Brendan Gleeson Quotes (2025 Update)

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It’s not the size of the thing, but the detail.”

1. “Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It’s not the size of the thing, but the detail.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country – Irish music – had a particular resonance.”

2. “I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country – Irish music – had a particular resonance.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I don’t want people poking around in my private stuff. They’ve no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that’s my job, and that’s where it stops.”

3. “I don’t want people poking around in my private stuff. They’ve no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that’s my job, and that’s where it stops.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I’m aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to the nitty gritty and go into the phonetics of it, if necessary. Find out not just the sounds but the rhythms and the music – or lack thereof – in a particular accent.”

4. “I’m aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to the nitty gritty and go into the phonetics of it, if necessary. Find out not just the sounds but the rhythms and the music – or lack thereof – in a particular accent.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I don’t plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They’ll let you know things that you didn’t know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.”

5. “I don’t plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They’ll let you know things that you didn’t know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “He earned every precious beautiful moment life gave back to him.”

6. “He earned every precious beautiful moment life gave back to him.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I think most people are decent people. I don’t know if they could stand the pressure he’s under, but most people aspire to be decent people.”

7. “I think most people are decent people. I don’t know if they could stand the pressure he’s under, but most people aspire to be decent people.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right for people to emerge from the easy cynicism and try to get back to a place where we can actually believe in people and trust people to have proper motivations.”

8. “Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right for people to emerge from the easy cynicism and try to get back to a place where we can actually believe in people and trust people to have proper motivations.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “Once we start shooting, it’s in there. You’re trying to get into a place where you rise to the work, rather than make it manageable or make it work for you.”

9. “Once we start shooting, it’s in there. You’re trying to get into a place where you rise to the work, rather than make it manageable or make it work for you.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.”

10. “I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I think it’s doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there’s a serious loss when you cannot portray a decent person on screen without it becoming slightly sentimental or feeling like it’s unrealistic.”

11. “I think it’s doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there’s a serious loss when you cannot portray a decent person on screen without it becoming slightly sentimental or feeling like it’s unrealistic.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “It’s interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you’ll do it, even if it’s only five minutes on screen.”

12. “It’s interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you’ll do it, even if it’s only five minutes on screen.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.”

13. “As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.”

— Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Quote: “I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I’m just doing little bits here and there for too long.”

14. “I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I’m just doing little bits here and there for too long.”

— Brendan Gleeson

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