Dermot Mulroney Quotes

• Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.

  Dermot Mulroney

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, People

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• What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

  Dermot Mulroney

  People, Research

  "Dermot Mulroney Interview INHALE; Plus Updates on EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES and LOVE, WEDDING, MARRIAGE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 20, 2010.

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• I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

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  Next, Corners, Knows

  "Dermot Mulroney Talks TRADE OF INNOCENTS, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, STOKER, and JOBS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 7, 2012.

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• You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it doesn't either throw into the story for conflict or poke fun at or attack, even, so I like it.

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  Fun, Thinking, Tree

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• Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

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  Jobs, Actors, Pages

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• What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.

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  Shoes, Mind, Acting

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• I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.

  Dermot Mulroney

  Persistence, Luck, Wish

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• Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

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  Luck, Trying, Quality

  "Mulroney and Amazing: A Conversation with Dermot Mulroney". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.

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• I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and playing music since childhood. It's what I enjoyed most.

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  Childhood, Acting, Playing Music

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• Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.

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  Careers, Trying, Acting

  "Dermot Mulroney Talks TRADE OF INNOCENTS, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, STOKER, and JOBS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 7, 2012.

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• After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot like John Wayne. And I said, How so? And he said, Well, you're exactly the same in all your roles. Now, as a modern American actor, that's not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling compliment.

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  Mother, Father, Son

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• What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to the library and looking up archival photos, etc.

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  People, Library, Research

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• I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

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  Actors, Students, Film

  "Mulroney and Amazing". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.

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• I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

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  Goal, Needs, Lists

  "Mulroney and Amazing: A Conversation with Dermot Mulroney". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.

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• Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

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  Growing Up, Nice, Actors

  "Dermot Mulroney Interview INHALE; Plus Updates on EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES and LOVE, WEDDING, MARRIAGE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 20, 2010.

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• Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.

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  College, Years, Play

  "Dermot Mulroney Interview INHALE; Plus Updates on EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES and LOVE, WEDDING, MARRIAGE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 20, 2010.

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