I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
When I started in the theater, the joy for me was playing different parts, and I get set alight by different people… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who go through a lot of tough things, and it doesn't stop them from wanting to… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
The medical operations are so challenging because they're so technical, as well. I assumed before we started that we would do the classic thing,… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
