Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably.… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
One of my career ambitions was fulfilled working with John [Hurt]. I loved his work long before I ever had the idea… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Impressionists have to paint with a very broad stroke because you've got to see it within a couple of seconds. You go,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
I had what AA calls 'a convincer' - which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch. — Gary Oldman Copy Share
There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn't have got Osama bin Laden - it took us years,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
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… — Gary Oldman Copy Share
![“One of my career ambitions was fulfilled working with John [Hurt]. I loved his work long before I ever had the idea of being an actor, so I was nervous to meet him. I was like a fanboy, like that annoying character on 'Saturday Night Live'. I'm sitting there. 'Do you remember when you were in…” quote by Gary Oldman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3ce/gary-oldman-3797_actors_one-of-my-career-ambitions-was-fulfilled_2237564.jpg)
