Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
GARY OLDMANI still don’t have a publicist. If I’m in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I’ll do as much as I can.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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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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I still don’t have a publicist. If I’m in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I’ll do as much as I can.
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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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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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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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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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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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I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up sometimes.
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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 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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Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
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