All Gary Oldman Quotes
- 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… Bin
- 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… Actor
- 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… All
- I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes,… Audience
- People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really,… Bit
- You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry… Becomes
- You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it's Gary Oldman… Break
- And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some… Absolutely
- 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… Base
- 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 in my fifties,… Acting
- Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky,… Actor
- I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You… Another Person
- 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 pretty… Comedies
- 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… Able
- I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like… Bit
- 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… Beatles
- 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… Amount
- People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an… Across
- 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… Age
- 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 a character together,… Actor