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People say 'The Wire's bleak, y'know, but I see it as a love letter to Baltimore, and it's one written in a very strange and complex way.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Baltimore Bleak Complex Letter Love People People Say Say See Strange Very Way Wire Written I See

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Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: About Ambitious Baltimore Big Both Cities First First Time Folk Had Manchester Queer Scope Stories Telling Time Two Were Wire

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In drama you can either pretend everything is OK, or you can show the world as it really is in the hope that it gets better.

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Topics: Better Drama Either Everything Gets Hope Ok Pretend Really Show World You

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I myself started out quite young; when you're working, professionally, even if you are in your teens, you just want to be treated the same as everybody else. You just want people to see you as an actor and not as a kid.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Actor Else Even Everybody Everybody Else Just Kid Myself Out People Professionally Quite Same See Started Teens Treated Want Working You Young Your

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I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, those years before you become an adult. Dramatically, there's so much to explore there. And it's nice to be around young talent coming through.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Adult Anyone Around Become Before Coming Dramas Dramatically Explore Intense Life Like Most Much Nice Period Really Talent Those Through Years You Young

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There's no way the writing staff of 'Game of Thrones' haven't read 'The Art of War.' There's definitely an influence on 'Game of Thrones' from this book in both a general way and on the character of Lord Baelish and his strategies.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Art Art Of War Book Both Character Definitely Game Game Of Thrones General His Influence Lord Read Staff Strategies War Way Writing

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I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like 'The Low Down' or 'Treacle Jr.' I'm happiest doing things like that. Not just because they're lead roles, but because there's more freedom in them.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Act Acting Because Best Best Time Doing Down Freedom Had Happiest Just Just Because Lead Like Low More Roles Them Things Time Trying

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I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Big Big Brother Brother Celebrity Hello Integrity Keep Try Want

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'You're Ugly Too' isn't a comedy, but it has a lightness of touch with a hard edge. But it's essentially a warm story tinged with a bit of melancholy in the great Irish tradition. I'm very proud of that film.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Bit Comedy Edge Essentially Film Great Hard Irish Lightness Melancholy Proud Story Too Touch Tradition Ugly Very Warm You

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So-called reality TV, which dominates British channels, is destroying what made it cherishable to me and lots of others in the first place. I loved Alan Clarke, Ken Loach and Alan Bleasdale's work. In fact the first TV dramas I ever saw were 'Screen Twos' produced by David Thompson, who also produced a lot of Alan Clarke.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Alan Also British Channels David Destroying Dramas Ever Fact First First Place In Fact Ken Lot Lots Loved Made Me Others Place Produced Reality Reality Tv Saw Screen So-Called Thompson Tv Were Which Who Work

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Actor

Born: April 24th, 1968

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