Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
GARY OLDMANShakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can’t really move from it: it’s on buses, in stores, it’s everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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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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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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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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The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I’ve got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they’d ask ‘And who’s the girl?’ Just one famous face isn’t enough any more.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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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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I took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There’s that period in the late ’90s, the early 2000s, where I didn’t do a great deal.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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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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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They’re all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him.
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