But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
GARY OLDMANBeing a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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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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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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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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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 never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They’re all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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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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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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We’re given a code to live our lives by. We don’t always follow it, but it’s still there.
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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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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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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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To be able to do this job in the first place you’ve got to have a bit of an ego.
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