Disable ads!

34 quotes by Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. He has now starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing, Stigmata, Spider and...
Read full biography of Gabriel Byrne →

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life... →

0

I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me, is really worth striving for, and I totally... →

0

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray... →

0

It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the... →

0

No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'

0

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.

0

I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you... →

0

I don't disrespect anybody who espouses a particular religion or belief - that is their own right to do that. But I think it's terribly... →

0

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do... →

0

I would love to go back to any time in European history, especially in Irish history, to the second or third century, prior to the arrival of... →

0

Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached to them... →

0

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays... →

0

It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is... →

0
Add a quote!
Background photo by Giuliana