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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.

Gary Oldman

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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Bad Family Goodness Justice Movie Myself Theme Value Wrong
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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Code Follow Live Ourselves
I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
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Academy Live Myself Place Police Study
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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Director Fingers Hand Movie Myself
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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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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Angry Energy Mistake Passion
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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Children Goodness Myself Reason
You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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Cloak Fall Hope Inspirational Yourself
I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles’ faces on it. It would be a collector’s item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you’re really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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Actor Behavior Change Human Play Truth Vehicle
I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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Calm Moments Myself Reminder Storm
I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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Classical Music Myself Obsession Play
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
GARY OLDMAN

Fashion Myself Old Reality
I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can’t really move from it: it’s on buses, in stores, it’s everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.
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Aware Book Children Myself Small Store
Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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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 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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