Ciaran Argyll Quotes

Out here, without the clouds of cigar smoke, there was nothing to compete with the scent of the rich wood panelling, the preparation of savory foods somewhere off in the house and, over that, the subtle sweetness of the more polite Argyll's cologne. It wasn't like the bottle I slipped under Charlie's pillow every Christmas Eve, not quite so familiar. This had a sweeter edge to it, the difference between flowers and berries. ~ Anouska Knight

I'd never really been in a series, where you see a man at different points and perspectives in his life. Usually it's a film, where I'm playing a character who just comes in and offers something up. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present? ~ Ciaran Hinds

When you get down on your knees in front of me it won't be out of gratitude. It'll be because you want to be there."--Ciaran Ross, Killer Curves ~ Naima Simone

Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question marks. ~ Ciaran Carson

Grief is exhausting. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I don't have a motorcar, so I've got to know and be fairly fond of the buses. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny and witty and there's an edge to that kind of humanity. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have done comedy on stage. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I never saw myself as being a cop on TV. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I come from theatre and I always go back every couple of years. ~ Ciaran Hinds

If you're venturing into territory that is slightly operatic, it all has to be done so carefully. ~ Ciaran Hinds

This flu thing's out of control," Grady said, pointing his fork at the TV. "There's talk of them doing quarantines."
"Quarantines?"
"Yeah, like going into towns where infection rates are high and locking the place down. That sort of thing."
Ciaran laughed. "You watch too much sci-fi, mate… ~ Wayne Simmons

Just for a fleeting split second his mind let go of its desperate chant: Nobody can hear me here, and replaced it with a glorious, admirable, proud: Morituri te salutant. ~ Ciaran O. Dwynvil

I'm not a comic person at all. It never reached me in the north of Ireland, in the '60s and '70s growing up. We used to get stupid comics like 'The Topper' and 'The Beezer,' things like that. ~ Ciaran Hinds

The freedom to make my own mistakes is all I've ever wanted ~ Ciaran Hinds

I've never traveled to promote anything I've been in. I've only been to about two or three premieres. The way I work, I do bits, and then I'm off to something else, whether it's theater or another project. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I do believe as human beings we are a great mass of contradictions. ~ Ciaran Hinds

In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Conflict sometimes produces results, but more often than not it produces confusion at the level of everybody on the same track. ~ Ciaran Hinds

We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Later, he would ask later who Attila was. Now he only wanted Belial's kiss. His heat. His passion. A quick gallop. Frenzied eternity. Insanity multiplied. A perfect, mind-numbing, bone-shattering small death. He wanted it all. Now. Now. Now. ~ Ciaran O. Dwynvil

I want to corrupt you, get dirty and rough with you because I know this sexy-as-hell body can take it."--Ciaran Ross, Killer Curves ~ Naima Simone

No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.' ~ Ciaran Hinds

I don't hold much of care for 3D. I think it's a passing fad. It came and went in the '60s. I don't see what it adds to the story. ~ Ciaran Hinds

For all the acting you can do, the actual soul of someone does somehow permeate through their work. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Grief is exhausting. When you learn - maybe through my age or experience - trying to harness the energy, whatever it is, muted energy or a concentration to find yourself in a place? You try to use it for when it's really necessary and can arrive. ~ Ciaran Hinds

When you find somebody who doesn't give and take, you go, 'Remind me never to work with you again.' ~ Ciaran Hinds

My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I don't think I'm very fashionable. I drink a fair amount of Barry's Tea, from Cork - but might that be fashionable? I don't know. ~ Ciaran Hinds

My soul is still Irish. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Casting is very, very important. ~ Ciaran Hinds

You get to an age when you lose people close to you. ~ Ciaran Hinds

There has to be a reason of whether you look right or you bring the emotional or intellectual baggage of what's required for the storytelling. For me, it's not something I've aspired to say, "I'm going to be working in Hollywood." ~ Ciaran Hinds

You know, Christianity has its own superstition anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint of lost causes, why you go this way or that way. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I think a writer should always be surprised; and the more I write, the more it seems that the language itself, when explored with humility, is always deeper and more accurate than what the author thought he had in mind. ~ Ciaran Carson

I don't use the word 'artists' lightly. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I'll tell you, being on set on 'Harry Potter' was nerve-wracking. It was surreal to be in a room with those three kids, all of whom know exactly what they're doing. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I float from one project to another project, so you miss people and you don't see them for years. ~ Ciaran Hinds

You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right. ~ Ciaran Hinds

I think the poetry that came out of Belfast, and especially the Queen's University set, in the 1970s and '80s - you know, Paul Muldoon and Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Ciaran Carson - that was probably the finest body of work since the Gaelic renaissance, up there with the work of Yeats and Synge and Lady Gregory. ~ Adrian McKinty

There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and if taken in, they like to be told. ~ Ciaran Carson

Courage has a brutal core. ~ Ciaran Carson

I quite enjoy more teamwork and offering something up into the mix. ~ Ciaran Hinds

Ciaran broke the silence and spoke quietly. "She means naught to me."

A tear fell down her cheek and she wiped it away. "It doesnae matter--truly," she whispered.

He reached out and gently brushed her arms. When she closed her eyes to avoid his probing gaze, he raised her chin with his finger. "It matters to me," he said solemnly. He wiped her tears with his thumb. "I told her we were done when I returned to Glenorchy. She wasnae pleased. I didnae know she was there, Rosalia. She saw ye and Aisling and threw her body upon me."

She could not help but smirk. "Her verra bare body, my laird."

He paused for a moment, a spark of some identifiable emotion in his eyes. "I didnae notice, Rosalia. All I saw was ye. ~ Victoria Roberts

I'm looking forward to locking swords with Douglas Henshall and working against the stunning backdrop of Shetland. I came to Scotland a lot in the 70s and 80s in various theatre productions and of course to film Hallam Foe but this is the furthest I've ever been. ~ Ciaran Hinds