The desert feels Irish in a way - lonely and barren. If someone said, 'Think of a happy place for you,' I'd say a glacial plane near the South Pole, the wind howling, nobody in sight, a shack with a pot-belly stove and some tea.
Donal LogueMy mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.
Donal LogueI feel quite blessed that I can actually balance between the two worlds, because a lot of really talented actors I know end up getting set in a certain category and no one will ever buy that they can exist outside that category, even though you know full well that they can.
Donal LogueIt didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.
Donal LogueI played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.
Donal LogueOne thing that's interesting is that whenever something starts, like the school year when you were a kid, it feels like such a significantly huge time in your life and how much life has changed. What's surprising is how quickly it's going by.
Donal LogueI remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor.
Donal LogueTo be honest, when you're young and you watch The Deer Hunter for the first time, that's when you're like, "That's what I want to do."
Donal LogueNo, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.
Donal LogueFair or not, it always sucks when everyone wanders back from Sundance talking about how bad the movies were.
Donal LogueAs the season progresses, it's like the doors open up to all the different worlds that were teased about in the pilot.
Donal LogueI did a pilot for HBO, called One Percent, that they didn't end up picking up, but it was a pretty intense and dramatic piece.
Donal LogueI think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other.
Donal LogueI'm a professional hanger outer. I'm a super liability, too. I joke around and I'm like a hyper-active child.
Donal LogueI love not feeling this hydraulic pressure that you have to create this comic moment within every scene. You can just play it as it is.
Donal LogueYoung actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.
Donal LogueThere was something about that form of comedy that's just difficult. It never really felt like you could just fully commit to all the colors that you carry with you.
Donal LogueIt was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent.
Donal LogueI have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid.
Donal LogueSan Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.
Donal LogueOnce a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all.
Donal LogueI've played some good villains, in the last few years. I'm good where I'm at. But it is fun playing villains, for sure.
Donal LogueI have to say that it was a thrilling ride to be on 'Terriers.' It was this odd circumstance where it was really loved by the people it was loved by, but it didn't do well. In fairness to FX, they were just so generous in keeping it on the air the whole year.
Donal LogueA college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.
Donal LogueIt's nice to be in a world where you're not going to exhaust storylines with potential villains.
Donal LogueThere's a certain kind of existential freedom that comes to people who realize that all the things that they hold onto and that they think define them, once they're gone, there's this new freedom to determine the way you're going to live your life.
Donal LogueI honestly feel like we never had a bad episode by TV standards. Every week I felt there were so many strong components of the show, especially the writing.
Donal LogueWe own our movie and are now close to breaking even, even without finishing domestic DVD deals.
Donal LogueEvery once in awhile, when you can see shades of the person's real interior life, I think that's interesting.
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