Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
GARY OLDMANHow do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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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It’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 wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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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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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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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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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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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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent – you get contaminated after so long.
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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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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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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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