Words matter. These are the best Jack Reynor Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If I’m brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.
I’ll put it this way: with the kind of films that I do – creatively driven, with interesting directors and writers – I don’t feel the need to work with the super established, top-tier directors that are out there.
In terms of doing another franchise after ‘Transformers,’ I don’t know if that would be best for me. I’m really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.
I couldn’t even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland.
I wake up pinching myself with the things that I’ve had the good fortune to be able to do. If it all ended right now, I’d be completely fine with it.
With ‘Richard,’ I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play a wide range of emotion and really invest myself in the character.
My least favorite thing about New York is probably the traffic. I hate it. The people are such aggressive drivers here, they’re horrible.
When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it’s maybe not as novel as it once was.
I definitely used to dream of sitting in the movie theatre watching the ‘Star Wars’ credits come up knowing I was part of one of those films.
As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
I’ve always been a big fan of Philip K. Dick; I love his work. There’s a returning theme of identity and the fragility of our identity. Even when we are looking at what we think is a stark reality, it might actually be something completely different.
I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love ‘The Great Dictator’ and ‘City Lights.’
‘Transformers’ gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That’s a substantial amount of time, given how plugged in to our devices we are. People don’t give themselves enough time to sit down. They’re no longer comfortable with themselves.
I was a huge fan of ‘Blade Runner.’ That was a pretty formative film for me growing up. It really got my sci-fi juices flowing, as it were.
If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it’s not enough to just entertain people. You have to take responsibility. You has to do something substantial. Otherwise you’re squandering what you have.
I went up for the first time when I was 18. It’s a great place – I love L.A.; I mean, in Ireland it just rains all the time, it’s crap weather, so it’s nice to go to L.A. where it’s just sunshine every day, and then it’s kinda easier to live a kinda healthy lifestyle.
I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination for company. I suppose I never wanted to let that part of me go.
Unless I’m a little bit scared about something, I’m genuinely not actually entirely happy. I feel I need to be just that little bit outside my comfort zone, and then I can really surprise myself and stretch myself, and I think that’s a really good thing for any actor.
I bring a copy of ‘Dracula’ with me wherever I go, the book. It’s my favorite book in the world, it’s absolutely incredible. My great-great grandfather was the guy who printed the first edition, so he’s the first person to ever put ‘Dracula’ on the written page.
When I was a kid, I used to pretend I was Han Solo all the time. Running around with my fingers pretending they were a blaster.
What appeals to me in a project is, I’ll read the script, and I’ll be like, ‘Is this something that’s new and something I haven’t experienced before?’ And if so, ‘Am I gonna be able to handle it? Am I gonna be up to this challenge?’ That’s what I try to do.
‘Star Wars’ was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really involved isn’t something that I should probably disclose.
With ‘Transformers,’ I’m going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That’s what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
I think that diversity in your performances is what keeps you alive as an actor. You have to keep constantly evolving and surprising the audience and showing them that you can do things they didn’t expect you to do.
So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they’re afraid people will judge them and say, ‘The state of yer man, he thinks he’s great,’ or whatever.
