My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
GARY OLDMANTo 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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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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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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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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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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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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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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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 applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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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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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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I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
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