Latest Chris O'Dowd Quotes from Interviews

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• Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.

  Chris O'Dowd

  People, Behave

  Source: collider.com

• Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where scripts are sacrosanct, aren't quite as present in scenes. That's a massive generalization, but in my experience, I find that comedy people are great to improvise with and to do scenes with because they're there.

  Chris O'Dowd

  People, Comedy, Sometimes

• I never thought I'd refer to myself as a hot mess.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Hot, Hot Mess, Mess

  Source: collider.com

• I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Atheist, Growing Up, Intelligent

  "Chris O'Dowd on How to Deal with a Hangover". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. August 1, 2014.

• I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Kind, Enjoy, Performing

  "Chris O'Dowd on How to Deal with a Hangover". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. August 1, 2014.

• Sometimes films about oppression or suppression can be quite maudlin and quite dour. Sometimes you need a little sugar with the medicine and I think of myself as the little sugar.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Thinking, Medicine, Needs

  "The Sapphires". Interview with Nobuhiro Hosoki, hosokinema.com.

• I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why not? My dad's view of New York is very similar to Americans' when they talk about Ireland.

  Chris O'Dowd

  New York, Dad, Thinking

  "Chris O'Dowd on the Genius of Christopher Guest, Working with James Franco, and Grafting". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2014.

• The cauliflower soup sounds so good. And the broccoli-melt sandwich. I've never heard of such a thing.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Sound, Sandwiches, Soup

  "Chris O'Dowd on the Genius of Christopher Guest, Working with James Franco, and Grafting". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2014.