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 OLDMANI 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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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 don’t think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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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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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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I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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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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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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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.
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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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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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