"When 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 on Dreams

More quotes about Dreams

• "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Dreams

• "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

  Walt Disney on Dreams

• "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."

  T. E. Lawrence on Dreams

• "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

  Harriet Tubman on Dreams

• "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

  James Dean on Dreams