We’re given a code to live our lives by. We don’t always follow it, but it’s still there.
GARY OLDMANI took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There’s that period in the late ’90s, the early 2000s, where I didn’t do a great deal.
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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 don’t think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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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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I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can’t really move from it: it’s on buses, in stores, it’s everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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I’m rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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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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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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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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