I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
GARY OLDMANI 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.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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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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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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can’t beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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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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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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Well, I needed the work – that’s the honest answer. I haven’t worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.
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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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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’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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