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I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less.
~ Colm Meaney
Accordion
Band
Even
Less
Minutes
Played
School
Then
Trombone
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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
About
Connection
Direct
Direct Connection
Fun
Handled
Reminds
Show
Talking
Things
Through
Want
You
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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
Because
Danger
Doing
End
Good
Life
Like
Pigeonhole
Rest
Something
Star
Star Trek
Trek
Up
Way
Which
You
Your
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A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.
~ Colm Meaney
Comedy
Comic
Enjoy
Good
Hard
Make
Really
Very
Writing
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As an actor, I like to get a bit of momentum going with a character and kind of work a bit quicker. I mean, not crazy-fast, but, you know, five or six pages a day is a nice pace.
~ Colm Meaney
Actor
Bit
Character
Day
Five
Get
Going
Kind
Know
Like
Mean
Momentum
Nice
Pace
Pages
Quicker
Six
Work
You
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As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!
~ Colm Meaney
Actor
Actually
Background
Feel
Four
I Feel
Last
Loving
Much
Period
Strong
Strong Suit
Suit
Theater
Three
Until
Work
Years
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Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things.
~ Colm Meaney
About
Afterwards
Comedy
Comic
Depths
Dreadful
Even
Laugh
Least
Look
Rather
Situations
Something
Things
Those
You
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I do probably 80 or 90 per cent of the cooking at home.
~ Colm Meaney
Cent
Cooking
Home
Per
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I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we like telling stories, which makes a lot of us lean towards being writers or actors or directors.
~ Colm Meaney
Actor
Being
Directors
History
Interest
Irish
Kind
Lean
Like
Lot
Makes
Stories
Suspect
Telling
Towards
Us
Which
Writers
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I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human.
~ Colm Meaney
Because
Comedy
Doing
Drama
Even
Find
Get
Good
Human
Humor
I Love
I Think
Like
Love
Many
Playing
Rare
Scripts
Think
Try
Very
You
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I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.
~ Colm Meaney
Because
Character
Edge
Humor
Humorous
Just
Kind
Like
Look
Makes
More
Most
Much
Necessarily
Sense
Situations
Some
Stuff
Suppose
Things
Three-Dimensional
Type
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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
About
Audience
Character
Closer
First
Like
Look
Me
Perspective
Specific
Talking
Then
Things
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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
Amount
Character
Consciousness
Effort
Got
Historical
Huge
Huge Amount
Kind
Like
Look
Make
Obviously
Person
Playing
Public
Record
Then
You
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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
Cut
Directors
Exactly
Going
Head
How
In The Past
Knew
Much
Past
Saw
Scene
Very
Were
Who
Worked
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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
Always
Because
Done
History
In The Past
Interested
Interesting
Lot
Past
Period
Wanted
Work
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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
About
Actor
Advice
Being
Good
Good Advice
I Think
Irish
Just
Keep
Manager
National
National Theatre
Old
Really
Said
Star
Theatre
Think
Working
Working Actor
Worry
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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
Again
Back
Character
Go
How
Look
Normally
Read
Script
See
Sent
Story
Then
Through
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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
Compromising
Decent
Get
Good
Home
Know
Live
Money
No Reason
Now
Pay
Reason
Road
Television
Time
Writing
You
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Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.
~ Colm Meaney
Actor
Actor
Always
Bad
Bad Guys
Been
Character
Character Actor
Get
Guys
Know
Share
Well
Who
You
Your
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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
Actor
Actor
Always
Bad
Bad Guys
Been
Character
Character Actor
Enough
Find
Get
Good
Good Writing
Guys
Know
Me
Never
Part
Share
Surprises
Way
Well
Well Enough
Who
Writing
You
Your
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