But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
GARY OLDMANEach 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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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 wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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The script is your map of the world, isn’t it? And if someone knows that if it’s well-written, you get all of the beats, it will tell you everything you need to know.
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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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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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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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I know I’m pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties.
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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.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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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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At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for ’12 Years a Slave’ you were a racist.
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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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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you’re really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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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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