Latest Dominic Monaghan Quotes from Interviews

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• Human beings have a bunch of different dimensions, so even if you're playing someone who you think maybe the audience might not like, might not be going for, you still have to give them the dimensions to make them a real human, otherwise there's no point.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Real, Thinking, Giving

  Source: dailydead.com

• No human beings are one-dimensional, and if they feel one-dimensional to you, it's because you don't know them.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Feels, Humans, Knows

  Source: dailydead.com

• One of my jobs as an actor, regardless of who I play - even if I'm playing a despicable character - is to make people think that that character could exist, that he's real, and the way to do that is to make him believable. He doesn't have to be likable or charming, but he just has to be believable. That is someone who I could see on a bus. That is someone who I could walk past in the street.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Jobs, Real, Character

  Source: dailydead.com

• My job, at the very least, doesn't change at all.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Jobs

  Source: dailydead.com

• My job is to try and present the most fully-rounded character that I can, and bring a performance that people believe in.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Jobs, Believe, Character

  Source: dailydead.com

• If you pay a little bit of attention to something, and then let it go, and then come back to it, and then pay a little bit of attention to something, that's nice and healthy.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Nice, Healthy, Let It Go

  Source: dailydead.com

• All those animals that were in the cages, I would spend a lot of time in those cages with the animals in-between shots, just hanging out, because I prefer animals to humans. If I get an opportunity to be with them, I'll usually take it.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Animal, Opportunity, Cages

  Source: dailydead.com

• I love animals. I love being around them.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Animal, Love Is, Animal Love

  Source: dailydead.com

• I like to work fast and I like to work intensively.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Source: dailydead.com

• My best takes aren't necessarily take five or take six. My best takes are usually take two.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Two, Six, Five

  Source: dailydead.com

• I always pick what I consider to be good scripts.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Scripts, Be Good, Picks

  Source: dailydead.com

• I can easily say "no" to a project if the script isn't great, but when the script is good, then I start asking the other questions. Who's going to direct it? Who's the creator? Who are the actors? When are we shooting? Where is it shooting? All that kind of stuff.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Asking, Actors, Shooting

  Source: dailydead.com

• The number one thing for me is diversity. I always want to ensure that people can't put me in a box. I can play a bad guy, I can play a good guy, I can play a good bad guy, I can be the host of a show, I can be serious, and I can be funny.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Play, Numbers, People

  Source: collider.com

• Life is all about finding challenges for yourself that you want to try to achieve.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Challenges, Trying, Want

  Source: collider.com

• I have a natural curiosity about things, in general. I'm constantly trying to find out how things work and how I can put them back together again, and why they work that way. The natural world is all around us.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Together Again, Curiosity, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• I'm turned on by diversity. I'm turned on by things that are different. I like different animals, I like different ways of travel, and I like different people.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Animal, People, Diversity

  Source: collider.com