I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
GARY OLDMANSo Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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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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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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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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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would’ve liked to have been John Lennon.
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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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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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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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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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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 was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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