I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
GARY OLDMANIf one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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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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The thing a drama school can’t give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can’t be taught, and you have to have intuition. It’s an essential ingredient.
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To be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around.
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I don’t think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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Each role you play, they set a bar of challenges that you meet. And in the past, I’ve played characters that emotionally expressed themselves a bit more in a physical way. It was a joy, actually.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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Well, I needed the work – that’s the honest answer. I haven’t worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.
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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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Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
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