Joe Gilgun Quotes

On 'This Is England,' everyone is mates. The nice thing is that when you watch us, you're watching a gang. They're young, and they're adventurous. There's a real closeness there.

- Joe Gilgun

I don't want to be a sexy vampire.

- Joe Gilgun

I'm an extraordinarily anxious person. I'm a typical actor: narcissistic and paranoid and all them things.

- Joe Gilgun

I love New York: it reminds me a bit of London.

- Joe Gilgun

I've been on the telly for a long while. I've never saved any money or anything. I'm not one of those people.

- Joe Gilgun

I don't do social media.

- Joe Gilgun

I was a bad kid. I was a really naughty kid. I couldn't read or write. And that was me punishment - going to acting school.

- Joe Gilgun

Tinder - man, what's that all about? Tinder, where you're just, like, shopping for a human being. Reading the stats like 'Mortal Kombat.' You're like, 'Oh, he's got six arms, and he's only got the two, so I'll probably go with the six arms.' I don't want to do that with human beings.

- Joe Gilgun

I remember being with my mum eating marmalade on toast watching 'Inspector Gadget,' 'Sharky and George,' 'The Pink Panther,' and 'Thundercats,' stuff like that. Those were the days - no idea how brutal the world is.

- Joe Gilgun

I think it seems to be when I'm trusted, and someone just lets me have free rein - 'Do what you want, man' - that kind of confidence that directors instil in me always gets my best stuff out.

- Joe Gilgun

It's brilliant having loads of girls running after you. It's also a shock when you realise just how much attention you're getting. Eventually, you start to think, 'I'd rather settle down and be normal.'

- Joe Gilgun

I was never a comic-book fan, but I loved cartoons. I don't enjoy reading: for me, it's hard work.

- Joe Gilgun

It's a relentless regime with 'Misfits.' I'm actually a little bit nervous of it, because I know it's going to be so tough to film, but we have a good crack at it.

- Joe Gilgun

I remember going to the audition for 'Corrie.' I wasn't an actor - what they're often looking for in these rooms is a character, not what's on the page. They want to see what you are going to bring. So somehow, I got the job on 'Corrie.' For the first time in a while, someone really believed in me.

- Joe Gilgun

I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

- Joe Gilgun

I can barely use my iPhone. I can't do Facebook, can't do Twitter, can't do Instagram, none of it.

- Joe Gilgun

I really, really loved 'Preacher.' I can't wait to go back. It's one of the best times I've had filming.

- Joe Gilgun

'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there, what's he doing?

- Joe Gilgun

I have no intention of making vampires cool. Absolutely not. They're not cool.

- Joe Gilgun

Nobody smolders in real life.

- Joe Gilgun

'This Is England 2015.' That would be ace. We could have prosthetics to make us look really old.

- Joe Gilgun

I have to slow down for some people. In Louisiana, people didn't have a clue what I was talking about. I remember seeing people glaze over. Seeing the moment where they've just completely lost all... They just wait for me to stop talking and then say, 'Yeah.'

- Joe Gilgun

I'm from this working class town on the fringes of the rural aspects of Lancashire.

- Joe Gilgun

It's a very working-class thing, to get where you want and then not feel worthy.

- Joe Gilgun

I might live in the woods, but I am a lazy actor.

- Joe Gilgun

I was the only actor in my family. I wasn't given a lot of advice; I had to work it out.

- Joe Gilgun

I've got an awful memory, and I can't read or write, but you can read me a script once or twice, and I've got it.

- Joe Gilgun