I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

- Aidan Quinn

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

- Aidan Quinn

There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.

- Aidan Quinn

There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.

- Aidan Quinn

Money is just something to be circulated.

- Aidan Quinn

I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland.

- Aidan Quinn

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.

- Aidan Quinn

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

- Aidan Quinn

I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.

- Aidan Quinn

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

- Aidan Quinn

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

- Aidan Quinn

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

- Aidan Quinn

Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.

- Aidan Quinn

I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.

- Aidan Quinn

I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

- Aidan Quinn

I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.

- Aidan Quinn

I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.

- Aidan Quinn

I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.

- Aidan Quinn

I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

- Aidan Quinn

Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

- Aidan Quinn