Jamie Dornan Quotes

One of my favorite things about my life is that I have the same group of friends that I grew up with. I love them so dearly, and we give each other a hard time.

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

I think people from Northern Ireland have some kind of unspoken general feeling of what it is to be around segregation. You have an awareness of it because you know how much grief it’s caused.

I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don’t feel that I’m like that myself by nature, but there’s just something that you can really grab hold of if people have a darkness in them, I think.

People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You’re an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.

I could eat 10 packs of Hula Hoops a day and not think about it.

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

People ask me what Gillian Anderson‘s like to work with, and I have no idea!

I don’t think if you looked up all the main points of feminism I would tick every one essentially myself.

It’s funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you’re in your twenties, you’re skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.

I didn’t do particularly well with girls at school. I was very shy. I’m not saying that was the only reason I didn’t do well with them, but I just didn’t.

Basically, I’ve always had a complex with the way I walk. I’ve not always been told I’ve got a bad walk, but someone‘s always commented on my walk.

I think I’ve done two shoots in my underwear ever. They both happened to be for Calvin Klein. But that tag – ‘underwear model’ – I just can’t get rid of it. And it’s such a bizarre, specific thing – underwear. It’s like I never modelled clothes.

People expect me to be stupid. I’m not saying I’m Stephen Fry, but it is amazing the perception people have.

If you are a skinny, baby-faced teenager, the last thing you want to hear is that you’re cute.

When I think of sex symbols, I think of posters my two sisters had on their bedroom walls.

I grew up in a very liberal place.

I don’t like myself without a beard.

Although just being employed as an actor is a big thing, I’m not sure I’d be satisfied playing the same character for 30 years; it’s not why I want to do this for a living.

You’d be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn’t a sex symbol somewhere.

I’m still not aware that I’m good looking.

I read a lot about serial killers.

I’d always really wanted to act; but the modelling contracts came more easily.

It’s not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being ‘cute.’

I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

I feel very tied to Ireland and the U.K. and that side of the world.

I feel pretty secure about who I am.

My wife is a brilliant, hugely understanding person.

I think when romantic comedies are done well, it’s a great genre. ‘When Harry Met Sally‘ is kind of a benchmark for me, but I’m very happy to admit that I love ‘Pretty Woman.’ I do! It’s a great film, and so is ‘Sixteen Candles.’ I was a big John Hughes fan – still am. I have moments where I have to watch a Hughes film.

It’s funny when you know you’re playing two characters and you’re aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You’re constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they’ve been around for a long time.

I’m a fairly worldly guy.

Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don’t respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I’d be involved in sport in terms of career.

I feel good that I have my life in order. I’m not addicted to anything that I’m aware of.

Now and again, an actor will blow my mind by doing something really unexpected, like Mickey Rourke or Christopher Walken – you have absolutely no idea what they’re going to do, which is really thrilling to watch.

Love from the fans is flattering. That’s what makes the show. They are so essential to everything involved with ‘Once Upon a Time.’

I’m amazed if people are happy in their own skin.

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.

I’d been auditioning for parts for years. I never got any better at it. I’m crap at auditions. I know there are people who can walk into those rooms and make those lines sing on the page and get the job immediately. I wasn’t one of them. I’m still not one of them.

There are so many ways to make a living that don’t involve hiding in bushes opposite houses of 18-year-old girls with a camera in your hand.

Every actor craves choice.

Mass appreciation doesn’t always equate to something good.

I can’t really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

I very much feel like I’m part of the makeup of ‘Once Upon a Time.’

I’m probably the worst person for ‘Men’s Health‘ to interview.

I’ve never felt massively satisfied from standing there while someone takes my photograph. It’s never given me a thrill.

Modelling doesn’t hold you back in L.A. at all.

I love fatherhood.

They do very classy, sexy television in the U.S. – and they pay a lot more, so there’s always that draw!

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

I feel very settled. I’m not running in and out of clubs at 5 A.M. anymore.

I’ve never read anything set in Belfast that doesn’t involve the Troubles or something senseless over a flag.

I don’t really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.

I think my lesson is to back yourself once you’ve been given a job. Far too often, I’ve been given a job and then doubted why I’m there.