Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
GARY OLDMANRather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
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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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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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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.
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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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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 was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can’t beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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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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The great thing about having been in a lot of make-up, and stuff like that, is that when you’re working with someone who’s in it, and you’ve been there and done it, but you’re not in it anymore, you feel so good.
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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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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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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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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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Well, I needed the work – that’s the honest answer. I haven’t worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.
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It’s been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It’s the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing.
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To be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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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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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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