Gabriel James Byrne quotes His role in 'The Usual Suspects' (1995) Born: 05/12/1950 Country: ireland

• I'm reading The Book of Revelation. It's about a dancer in Amsterdam who's kidnapped by three women. They sexually victimize him - basically, they treat him like men treat women. Rupert Thomson is the author; he's an English guy. (Gabriel Byrne) [reading/women/men/women]
• A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy. (Gabriel Byrne) [think]
• And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that. (Gabriel Byrne) [reality/top]
• From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself. (Gabriel Byrne) [love/people/willpower]
• Guilt is the most meaningless of emotions. It means nothing. As Barbra Streisand says, 'I got nothing to be guilty of... .' (Gabriel Byrne) [guilt]
• How the hell can you compare one actor to another? It's ridiculous. You just can't. (Gabriel Byrne)
• I called Kevin Spacey one day about something else, but he didn't say to me 'calm down,' like The New York Times said. Because I was not deranged. (Gabriel Byrne) [day]
• I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth. (Gabriel Byrne) [think/truth]
• I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it. (Gabriel Byrne) [life/think]
• I mean, somebody told me the other day that David Cronenberg hadn't made a film for three-and-a-half years and that he was seriously thinking of going into a different occupation. That's kind of sad when you think about it. (Gabriel Byrne) [day/film/seriously/thinking]
• I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun. (Gabriel Byrne) [think/more/more]
• I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being. (Gabriel Byrne) [life/people/thing/human]
• It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.' (Gabriel Byrne) [give]
• It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place. (Gabriel Byrne) [complex/reality]
• It's more important to shock and outrage for valid reasons than it is to, say, make a conventional film. I don't think David Cronenberg is even capable of making a safe, conventional film. (Gabriel Byrne) [more/film/think/film]
• Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love. (Gabriel Byrne) [sound/people/life/love]
• RD Laing said madness was a sane response to an insane situation, so who's to say that Spider is bad or good? Or that my character or Miranda Richardson's character is good or bad? But I'll tell you one thing: it's a very interesting theme to be playing around with. (Gabriel Byrne) [situation/bad/character/character]
• The most exciting thing I ever found on a dig, in Dublin, was a child's shoe from the 10th century. One little tiny child's shoe. I was the first one to touch it. And the impulse to put it in my pocket and keep it forever for myself was strong. But it would be terribly unfair of me to do that. (Gabriel Byrne) [thing/impulse]
• The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you. (Gabriel Byrne) [people/willpower]
• Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that. (Gabriel Byrne)
• There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. (Gabriel Byrne)
• The only one who can save you is yourself. (Gabriel Byrne)
• Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it. (Gabriel Byrne)
• There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun. (Gabriel Byrne)
• They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you. (Gabriel Byrne)
• No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content. (Gabriel Byrne)

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