Chris O'Dowd
There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.Collection: Jealousy
The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.
I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages.
In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set.
Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.
I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!
Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'
When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new.
Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.
I'm more like a spoon symbol. I think women just want to spoon me.
I don't mind being slightly fat-ish, I just don't want to be fat.
Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.
L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.
I cook rarely, but I've kind of got two or three dishes that I stick to. I do a great sweet potato and lentil curry.
I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.
I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat.
When I was about 13 I realised girls weren't going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird looking creature from the depths. I was like 6 ft. aged 11.
I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.
I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.
I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do.
What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
I come from a musical kind of family.
I grew up in a house of forthright women.
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.
I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid.
I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny.
Put it this way: singing is not my day job.
After 'Bridesmaids,' women know who I am.
Louis C. K. makes me laugh, I must say.
A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play.
I don't know if I'd do an action movie because I don't know if I could keep a straight face; honestly, I just think it's so silly. Like, I love watching them but I can't imagine me doing one.
Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.
Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.
Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.
I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.
I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.
All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money.
I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge!
I'd like my super power to be puns; I'd like to be great at puns: pun power. Then I could go on loads of panel shows and live off that forever.
I never go to these showbiz parties. I avoid them with a 10-inch pole.
Reviewers are the worst laughers in the world.
People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.
I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!
I'm a Hawaiian shirt guy. I've made that life decision.
I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.
I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.
I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.
For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.
I just am so tired of really badly written women. It's so boring.