When I was a teenager, the actors I was really int... -Aidan Gillen

When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same time, it was 'Falcon and the Snowman' and 'Bad Boys' from Sean Penn.

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Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater. He has appeared in notable productions, including the television series "Game of Thrones" and the film "Bohemian Rhapsody." Gillen's acting skills and his ability to bring depth to his characters have made him a respected figure in the world of acting.

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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....
I hope it's not all I'll ever do, but I know I've played enigmatic characters. For me, the good characters are people who get places, are devious, are...
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...
When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same tim...
It's always more interesting to take on someone that's going to have hidden sides or a fatal flaw, because there's going to be more to play with - mor...
I don't like DVD extras. No. Especially when they do things like put out alternative endings? I find all of that a little bizarre, because there shoul...
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....
I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'...
I don't do a lot of reflecting. I'm usually about getting on with it....
'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American telev...

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Every birthday my wife Kathy re-creates what my mom made me on my birthday, a simple pot roast, that she slathers with cream of mushroom and Lipton On...
I've been fighting since I was 16, fighting in the UFC since my 21st birthday....
I'm pretty sure the first album I bought was a CD of 'Electric Ladyland' by Jimi Hendrix when I was about nine. I got it for my best friend from schoo...
Me and Johnny Thunders had the same birthday. We would always celebrate in a club called Max's Kansas City. We were very close friends at Max's Kansas...
I don't know anyone that doesn't get emotional around their birthday....
The highs of having a big family were that there was always someone to play with and you get loads of birthday presents. The lows were sharing the bat...
Ever since I was a little lad, the sun has seemed to shine during my birthday weekend....
I had a happy childhood in the suburbs of L.A. My parents instilled in us an appreciation of history, art and, most important, Motown. Jarron and I we...
In December of 1990, just before my eighth birthday, I left China for the United States. My father was a political dissident, and after he was release...
My mom and pop took me to the Apollo Theater on my thirteenth birthday to see Heavy D and Keith Sweat. It was late at night, up on 125th Street, and i...