Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
GARY OLDMANOn 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.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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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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.
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I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I’m a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
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I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to do that. Instead of people-watching, you become the focus of attention.
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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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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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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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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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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.
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I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That’s the magic of it to me.
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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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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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To be able to do this job in the first place you’ve got to have a bit of an ego.
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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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At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for ’12 Years a Slave’ you were a racist.
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Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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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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