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You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you’ll be O.K.

Gary Oldman

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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Actor Enough Goodness Greatness Yourself
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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Angry Energy Mistake Passion
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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Interest Myself Preference
I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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Classical Music Myself Obsession Play
I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.
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Calm Moments Myself Reminder Storm
The great thing about Google is that you type in neuro-surgery and somehow you end up with Peter Sellers or watching Frank Sinatra. Google is a great resource.
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Google Resource Type
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
On set I keep myself to myself; I’d rather the director speak up. I’m not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
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Best Director Example Power Talk Work Young
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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Bad Honesty Man Myself Play
Shakespeare doesn’t really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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Play Writing Yourself
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.
GARY OLDMAN

Fashion Food Goodness Morning Myself Old Tea
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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Collection Guitar Imagination Instrument Musician Old
I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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Children Comic Fan Huge Myself
I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent – you get contaminated after so long.
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British Contamination Feeling Myself Time
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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Drama Essential Intuition School Sharp Yourself
You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can’t shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
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Impossible Old Play Point Weight Younger Yourself

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