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Dominic Monaghan is an Irish actor known for his roles in film and television. He gained worldwide recognition for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Charlie Pace in the TV series "Lost." He has also been involved in nature documentaries and various voice acting projects. Here are 60 of his quotes:

I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer. Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong? Those universal questions, I enjoy. (Dominic Monaghan)

I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.

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I grew up a massive Beatles fan.

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I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single - you have to embrace all those different things.

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Bureaucratic nonsense at airports drives me crazy.

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Holidays are all different depending on the company and time of your life.

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I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person.

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I have a lot of respect for marriage.

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I love having the opportunity to surf.

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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.

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I hope to be an actor and never retire. (Dominic Monaghan)

I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I found myself in trouble because I always had a mouth that would come back with something, and there was just never anyone who could make me be quiet.

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I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.

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People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them.

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I think everyone's a geek in some way.

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I never thought I could learn much from a dog or cat. They sleep when we sleep. They eat when we eat. I'm into observing animals being as wild as they can be in a captive environment.

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I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.

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If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.

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I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

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I don't tend to go out that much.

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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. (Dominic Monaghan)

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

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I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid.

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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.

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I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting.

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Dominic Monaghan

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Photo: Stefan Servos, CC BY-SA 3.0

Occupation: Irish Actor
Born: December 8, 1976
Quotes count: 60

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