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Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family.

Gary Oldman

I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That’s the magic of it to me.
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Breathe Gate Magic Movie Myself Projection Way
You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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Character Choice Color Friendship Yourself
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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Children Game Miracle Myself Praise
There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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Chase Effort Inspirational Opportunity Role Time Yourself
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up sometimes.
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Father Goodness Job Loss Myself Time
Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
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Director Goodness Silence Time
I 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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Children Deal Focus Greatness Myself Period Time
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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Character Job Place Profession Requirement Yourself
Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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Correct Jacket Political
I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman’s lunch.
GARY OLDMAN

Fashion Myself Old Reality
As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to do that. Instead of people-watching, you become the focus of attention.
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Ability Attention Focus Lose Observation People
I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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Character Enjoyment Loud Play Silence
I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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Beautiful Body Couple Funny Myself Sex
Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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Angry Class Family Growth Work Yourself
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
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Actor Movie People Play Yourself
The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I’ve got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they’d ask ‘And who’s the girl?’ Just one famous face isn’t enough any more.
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Change Company Creation Enough Face Famous Industry Movie Myself

Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family.

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