“I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.” IfsThinkingYearsCharacter Author:Dominic Monaghan
“If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment.” IfsLooksLittlesTwoMomentsKidsForceAnimalGroupsLittle KidWild Animal Author:Dominic Monaghan
“If you woke up, every day, and someone punched you in the face, for the first week, you'd go, "Why is someone punching me in the face?" But, by the time you got through week two, you'd take it and just go on with the day.” IfsFirstsTwoFacesWeekGoes OnPunching Author:Dominic Monaghan
“If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.” IfsYearsFilmChoicesNaturalPerfectCareersCoupleNatural History Author:Dominic Monaghan
“What would it take for me to eat human flesh? If that was the only way to stay alive, I would. I would eat anything.” IfsWayHumansAliveFleshStaying Alive Author:Dominic Monaghan
“No one ever told me when I was growing up that make-up and skirts were just for girls. If you're confident and you own it, [the other kids] are fine with it...I've always supported the lifestyle that I will do what I please and deal with it.” IfsKidsGirlDealsGrowing UpGrowingFinePleaseLifestyleSkirts Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I can easily say "no" to a project if the script isn't great, but when the script is good, then I start asking the other questions. Who's going to direct it? Who's the creator? Who are the actors? When are we shooting? Where is it shooting? All that kind of stuff.” IfsKindI CanActorsStuffProjectsDirectAskingScriptsCreatorShooting Author:Dominic Monaghan
“All those animals that were in the cages, I would spend a lot of time in those cages with the animals in-between shots, just hanging out, because I prefer animals to humans. If I get an opportunity to be with them, I'll usually take it.” IfsHumansOpportunityAnimalShotsHanging OutCages Author:Dominic Monaghan
“If you pay a little bit of attention to something, and then let it go, and then come back to it, and then pay a little bit of attention to something, that's nice and healthy.” IfsLittlesBitsPayAttentionNiceHealthyLittle BitLet It Go Author:Dominic Monaghan
“One of my jobs as an actor, regardless of who I play - even if I'm playing a despicable character - is to make people think that that character could exist, that he's real, and the way to do that is to make him believable. He doesn't have to be likable or charming, but he just has to be believable. That is someone who I could see on a bus. That is someone who I could walk past in the street.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayRealPlayCharacterJobsPastActorsWalksStreetsBusCharmingBelievableDespicable Author:Dominic Monaghan
“No human beings are one-dimensional, and if they feel one-dimensional to you, it's because you don't know them.” IfsKnowsFeelsHumansHuman Beings Author:Dominic Monaghan
“Human beings have a bunch of different dimensions, so even if you're playing someone who you think maybe the audience might not like, might not be going for, you still have to give them the dimensions to make them a real human, otherwise there's no point.” IfsThinkingGivingHumansStillsDifferentRealMightHuman BeingsAudienceBunchDimensionsNo PointReal HumanPlaying SomeoneDifferent Dimensions Author:Dominic Monaghan
“The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingCarePassionTermInterestLike YouDon't CareGeek Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I'm a movie nut. I go to the movies probably twice a week, and if I'm not doing anything at night, I'm usually watching a movie or two.” IfsTwoNightWeekNuts Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cows disease.” IfsLooksHas BeensDiseaseMadMeatAffectedCowsHeartbrokenHazardsOccupational HazardsMad Cow Disease Author:Dominic Monaghan
“What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsI CanDifferentShowsDangerousAreasPetSnakesSpidersAttemptingRespectfulBe RespectfulScorpions Author:Dominic Monaghan
“My brain kind of rolls pretty fast when I'm conscious. It's constantly looking for stuff to do. Like if I'm in my house and I'm hanging out, I tend to be listening to music whilst watching a film whilst sending e-mails.” IfsKindFilmHouseStuffBrainListeningConsciousHanging OutMailListening To Music Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage.” IfsThinkingNeedsDoneActorsChangeStageNeed A Change Author:Dominic Monaghan
“If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.” IfsGunIf I CouldMumBroccoli Author:Dominic Monaghan
