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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.

Gary Oldman

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.
GARY OLDMAN

Movie Myself Obligation Promote Public
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Bar Challenge Emotional Expression Happiness Joy Myself Play Role
So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
GARY OLDMAN

Age Children Myself Right Thrill
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up sometimes.
GARY OLDMAN

Father Goodness Job Loss Myself Time
I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
GARY OLDMAN

Character Enjoyment Loud Play Silence
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
GARY OLDMAN

Children Game Miracle Myself Praise
I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent.
GARY OLDMAN

Director Freedom Myself Rare Talent Wonderful
I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they’re older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
GARY OLDMAN

Children Love Mom Myself Raise Sister
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
GARY OLDMAN

Dreams Myself Preference Wish
I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
GARY OLDMAN

Children Comic Fan Huge Myself
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
GARY OLDMAN

Interest Myself Preference
Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you’re really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
GARY OLDMAN

Actor Behavior Change Human Play Truth Vehicle
As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
GARY OLDMAN

Drama Myself Student
I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
GARY OLDMAN

Capability Lying Myself Terrible
I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
GARY OLDMAN

Man Myself Play Rare Room Smart
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’.
GARY OLDMAN

Children Goodness Myself Reason

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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