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There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing, and there was a good one round the corner and me and my brother just watched everything, from the horror to the European art-house.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Actor Basically Between Brother Corner European Everything Films Getting Going Good Horror Just Me New New Thing Round School Shops Thing Video Watched Were Year

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'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

~Aidan Gillen

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I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.

~Aidan Gillen

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I like the Edinburgh Film Festival, and I've liked what I've experienced of Glasgow's Film Festival too.

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It might take me an hour to get to feel at ease with somebody. I don't find it easy to go into a room full of 10 people and give it all away. In the pilot season in Los Angeles I've done that a couple of times.

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I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

~Aidan Gillen

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I find still photographs make me quite self-conscious.

~Aidan Gillen

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I don't do a lot of reflecting. I'm usually about getting on with it.

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It's always a good idea to let the audience make up their own minds.

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I'm always attracted to bold, risk-taking scripts.

~Aidan Gillen

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Actor

Born: April 24th, 1968

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