Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.
Chris O'DowdI definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.
Chris O'DowdI don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages.
Chris O'DowdI donโt know if Iโd do an action movie because I donโt know if I could keep a straight face honestly, I just think itโs so silly. Like I love watching them but I canโt imagine me doing one. Actually, you know what Iโve done, just for fun because I didnโt think there was any way that I could be in a superhero movie, so Iโve done a scene in the new โThorโ movie, just for that. I just do like one scene, which was quite fun.
Chris O'DowdWhen I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.
Chris O'Dowd