Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
GARY OLDMANI’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.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can’t shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
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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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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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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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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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We’re given a code to live our lives by. We don’t always follow it, but it’s still there.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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I still don’t have a publicist. If I’m in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I’ll do as much as I can.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it’s a constitution that’s the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it’s the most generous nation in the world.
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I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent – you get contaminated after so long.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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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 was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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