People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can’t get a meeting on, or go to a different actors.
GARY OLDMANGetting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
More Gary Oldman Quotes
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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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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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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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I’m almost incapable of lying. I’d be a terrible spy.
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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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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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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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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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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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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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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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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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There are roles that you chase sometimes.
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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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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.
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