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.
GARY OLDMANThe 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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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent.
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I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
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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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The script is your map of the world, isn’t it? And if someone knows that if it’s well-written, you get all of the beats, it will tell you everything you need to know.
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Each role you play, they set a bar of challenges that you meet. And in the past, I’ve played characters that emotionally expressed themselves a bit more in a physical way. It was a joy, actually.
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I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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