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.
GARY OLDMANIt’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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I’m a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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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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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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I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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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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To 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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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 always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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