Gary Oldman

Actor

1958-03-21

Gary Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker known for his range across dramatic and villain roles. His film work includes Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the Harry Potter series, and Darkest Hour. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.

Quotes by Gary Oldman

Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
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Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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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.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.
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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.
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I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.
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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, and I'm turning into a square.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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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 around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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