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.
GARY OLDMANThere are roles that you chase sometimes.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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’.
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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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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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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
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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 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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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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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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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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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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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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