Gary Oldman quotes - page 2

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. (Gary Oldman)
I used to be under the impression that in some kind of wanky, bullshit way, acting was like therapy: you get in and grapple with and exorcise all those demons inside of you. I don't believe that anymore. It's like a snow shaker. You shake the thing up, but it can't escape the glass. It can't get out. And it will settle until the next time you shake it up. View quote
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I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him. View quote
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I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know? View quote
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It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle. View quote
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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'. View quote
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'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad. View quote
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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 at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him. View quote
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext. View quote
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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. View quote
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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. (Gary Oldman)
It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that. View quote
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There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn't have got Osama bin Laden - it took us years, but it happened. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money. View quote
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And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip. View quote
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I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies. View quote
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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. View quote
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud. View quote
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. View quote
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Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay. (Gary Oldman)
Political correctness has become a straightjacket. View quote
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life. View quote
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I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can. View quote
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To be honest, I'm a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around. View quote
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