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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.

Gary Oldman

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
GARY OLDMAN

Character Choice Color Friendship Yourself
There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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Chase Effort Inspirational Opportunity Role Time Yourself
As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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Drama Myself Student
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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Children Game Miracle Myself Praise
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Death Dedication Father Head Himself I Love You Issues Movie Regret
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Change Company Creation Enough Face Famous Industry Movie Myself
Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
GARY OLDMAN

Angry Class Family Growth Work Yourself
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.
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Director Freedom Myself Rare Talent Wonderful
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
GARY OLDMAN

Angry Energy Mistake Passion
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Google Resource Type
I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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Children Comic Fan Huge Myself
I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There’s still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.
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Crazy Man Myself Perception Play Weird
I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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Man Myself Play Rare Room Smart
At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for ’12 Years a Slave’ you were a racist.
GARY OLDMAN

Music Oscar Race Vote Yourself
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Impossible Old Play Point Weight Younger Yourself
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Audience Costume Greatness Myself Science Space

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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