Colm Meaney Quotes

Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like STAR TREK is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life. - Colm Meaney

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. So it never surprises me. And if it's good writing, you can find your way into the part well enough. - Colm Meaney

There's no reason not to be in television now. You get to live at home and you're not on the road all the time, they pay you decent money, and the writing's good. You're not compromising for it, you know. - Colm Meaney

Talking about the show reminds you of things that you went through. So it's fun. When the show was on, I couldn't have handled it. I didn't want that direct connection. - Colm Meaney

Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go back and read it through again and look at the character. - Colm Meaney

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. - Colm Meaney

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. - Colm Meaney

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it. - Colm Meaney

If you're playing the a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to. - Colm Meaney

I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for. - Colm Meaney

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