We’re given a code to live our lives by. We don’t always follow it, but it’s still there.
GARY OLDMANHow do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can’t get a meeting on, or go to a different actors.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for ’12 Years a Slave’ you were a racist.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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On set I keep myself to myself; I’d rather the director speak up. I’m not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
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I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in ‘Batman 2’.
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The great thing about Google is that you type in neuro-surgery and somehow you end up with Peter Sellers or watching Frank Sinatra. Google is a great resource.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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The script is your map of the world, isn’t it? And if someone knows that if it’s well-written, you get all of the beats, it will tell you everything you need to know.
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