Glen Hansard

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316 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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Fresh Air · Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, but it's also a moment where you get to actually know something about the girl, because I think through the songs that the male character plays, you get to know something about his personality, something that you probably wouldn't get to know about a person in one and a half hour.

And so you get that little chance with that song that the girl sings as well, which works very well, I think.

Well, the thing that I was told, and I can't remember who told me right now, somebody said to me, just remember that Marlon Brando

was always Marlon Brando.

He wasn't, like, the reason people hired him to be in films is because he was Marlon Brando.

And, you know, I kind of like the idea that no matter what character you're playing, no matter whether you embody it or not, and there are many different styles of acting, of course, there are many different styles, but this was the thing that I always, that resonated with me most was the fact that just be yourself and embody the character.

And I think that for me that meant that

I guess my range as an actor was probably quite limited.

And let's face it, I was pretty much playing myself in this film.

You know, I am a street musician.

I was a street musician.

You know, I fixed bicycles and not Hoovers.

John changed that detail, I guess.

When I went to the bank to get my first loan for the frames, the bank manager took out his guitar and played me a song.

So there are many details in this guy's life that are very similar to my own.

So I guess for myself, it wasn't so difficult to embody this guy.

I think if I was given a more challenging role, I might find it a lot more difficult.

And as well, we were making this film, I was making this film with Mar, who was a good friend of mine, and also with John Carney, who was in my band, who was a very close friend of mine.

So I felt very, very comfortable with these people.

It felt like a bunch of friends making a film over the weekend more than it felt like being involved in a big artistic challenge.

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