I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
GARY OLDMANBut you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it’s a constitution that’s the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it’s the most generous nation in the world.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it’s Gary Oldman crying; it’s not the character crying.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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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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On set I keep myself to myself; I’d rather the director speak up. I’m not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
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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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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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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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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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