If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
GARY OLDMANI got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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The great thing about having been in a lot of make-up, and stuff like that, is that when you’re working with someone who’s in it, and you’ve been there and done it, but you’re not in it anymore, you feel so good.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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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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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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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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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.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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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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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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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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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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