Barry Keoghan Quotes

"I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn."

"My nanny took me in at 12 with my brother, who is a year younger than me. We're the closest brothers you'll ever meet."

"I hope I inspire younger ones. Whatever you're into - sports, whatever - just go and do something."

"Dior makes me look good, and I make Dior look good."

"I did Christmas plays at school, but they banned me because I was messing about. And I was like, 'Ah, why?' Because I was getting attention, everyone was laughing at me and I was loving it, I thought, 'This feels good!'"

"I'm a guy with simple tastes."

"One day, you're talking with Tom Hardy; the next day, you have Nicole Kidman kissing your feet. I never thought I'd be able to say that in my lifetime, Nicole Kidman kissing my feet. It's mad."

"Chris O'Dowd's a legend, isn't he? I like him."

"I want to get a wolf and an eagle."

"This industry can take you in and spit you out. It's overwhelming. But I keep my feet on the ground, my Air Max on the gravel."

"I recently was in the same room as Leonardo DiCaprio, and one of my favorite movies is 'Basketball Diaries.' That movie hits home for me in so many ways, and in that moment, I was like, 'I have to thank this dude.' So I did."

"Foster care was a big part of my life."

"Anyone dying is not easy, but certainly not a mother. Me and my brother, we stuck together. The foster families were good to me, and then my nanny took me in."

"It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes."

"Where I'm from, to do acting is not heard of. Being one of the lads and all, you don't just go, 'Oh, I want to be an actor'. They'd laugh and joke about it."

"I want to produce. I want to direct. I want to be my own camera man. I want my own boxing club. I have it all written down. I want to do everything."

"That's why I don't live in L.A. First of all, I don't have the money. But second, I want to stay grounded, to be surrounded by real people, to have my head on my shoulders instead of losing track of reality."

"I'm always wanting to do the impossible."

"I look like a kid onscreen in most movies."

"I want to play someone like Billy the Kid."

"I've been lucky to be educated by watching the old and the great movies, working with good filmmakers, and being educated on sets."

"Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older."

"Boxing isn't a career. Acting is it for me. But they're both very therapeutic."

"Acting brings up a lot of the past. I use my memories, whether they're good or bad."

"I have confidence. I don't know where I got it from."

"I wasn't stupid, or very smart. I didn't finish my education."

"Where I'm from, you focus on finishing school. Even finishing college is seen as a stretch - you just get a job after school, and that's it."

"After everything I've been through - the foster care, the losing my parents and stuff like that, I was never one to kind of go, 'I'm gonna just not try.' I used it all as ammunition."

"I think I would've found myself in the arts somewhere along the lines. If you're creative, you find something, eventually."

"Every actor wants to show a good and deep range, so you look at all the elements here, and you make a conscious choice of where you want to go as a performer."