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.
GARY OLDMANYou choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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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I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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Rather 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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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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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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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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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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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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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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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
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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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