People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I’m a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
GARY OLDMANI wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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 went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
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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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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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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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People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can’t get a meeting on, or go to a different actors.
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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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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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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they’re older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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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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The thing a drama school can’t give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can’t be taught, and you have to have intuition. It’s an essential ingredient.
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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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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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