So 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.
GARY OLDMANReality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
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I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
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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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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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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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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 got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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Getting 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.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they’re older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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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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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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Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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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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