You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
GARY OLDMANI did have a knack for playing weirdos. There’s still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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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 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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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.
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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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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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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 like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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I took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There’s that period in the late ’90s, the early 2000s, where I didn’t do a great deal.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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