Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinnis an American actor, who made his film debut in Reckless. He has starred in over 50 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan, The Mission, Stakeout, Avalon, Benny & Joon, Legends of the Fall, Frankenstein, Blink, Michael Collins, Practical Magic, and Unknown...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 March 1959
CityChicago, IL
CountryIreland
fathers roles
I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,'
interesting roles
I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
acting class high loner looked people signs turned walked
I never did acting in high school, ... I walked into acting class one day because they had signs for auditions. I looked around at the people and thought, 'I don't like any of these people.' And I turned around and walked out. But then again, I was kind of a loner in high school.
almost busy comedy craziness everyday living loved mine seemed sweet
It seemed to be able to mine the craziness of everyday living in this busy world. I loved the way it flip-flopped from almost farce-like comedy to something very sweet and serious. It made me laugh.
pacing
When I read the script, I just started pacing back and forth, laughing. I thought, 'I could see myself doing this.' And it's set in New York? That's it.
brothers rich sister
To get to do something as rich as this story and this part, with my two brothers and my sister -- you know, there was nothing like it,
annual bit call funny high house ireland northern spent steve supposed three time
I've spent a lot of time with Steve, from Northern Ireland, to Sarajevo, to Utah, but probably most memorably, to our annual New Year's pilgrimages to our house in High Falls, where we have what we call in Ireland 'a bit of a piss-up' for three days. I know it's probably the time that I'm supposed to tell a funny story or two about Steve ... because he's such a funny man, but they're private. You're not going to get them.
dealing dialogue drama family imagination internal jesus literally people talking
It's a family drama dealing with these people and about their lives. Talking to Jesus, it's really kind of what Daniel's imagination of what talking to Jesus really would be like, and it's fraught with all of Daniel's limitations. . . . It's literally the internal dialogue of Daniel.
love
It's a kind of star-crossed 'Romeo and Juliet'-type love story, where these two were desperately in love with each other, but everyone around them doesn't want them to be together,
phones used rings
There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.
baseball boys years
Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy's mind.
great-things parting
I don't get any parts I don't get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don't get offered.
moving athlete character
My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
tvs these-days
There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.