It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry,… — 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
You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically. — 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
When you play a character that is so emotionally closed there are times when you ask yourself if you are doing enough… — 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
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
