I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
GARY OLDMANMy passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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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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The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I’ve got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they’d ask ‘And who’s the girl?’ Just one famous face isn’t enough any more.
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At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for ’12 Years a Slave’ you were a racist.
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So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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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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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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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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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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The great thing about Google is that you type in neuro-surgery and somehow you end up with Peter Sellers or watching Frank Sinatra. Google is a great resource.
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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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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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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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