To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego. Gary Oldman More Quotes by Gary Oldman More Quotes From Gary Oldman I took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There's that period in the late '90s, the early 2000s, where I didn't do a great deal. Gary Oldman focusperiodskids I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies. Gary Oldman kidsbookmoving Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically. Gary Oldman playcharacteryears My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music. Gary Oldman bigs How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else. Gary Oldman linesforgetremember 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, it will tell you everything you need to know. Gary Oldman scriptsworldneeds It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing. Gary Oldman pianoplayfunny I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent. Gary Oldman talentdirectorsthinking 'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad. Gary Oldman my-daddadmouths I tend to read non-fiction. Gary Oldman non-fictionfiction I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy. Gary Oldman guycrazyperception I don't see a great difference between someone sending a robot or a drone to bomb people and controlling it on a PlayStation from another country. It's thousands of miles away as opposed to someone in an airplane who is thousands of feet away releasing a bomb. Gary Oldman airplanedifferencescountry Impressionists have to paint with a very broad stroke because you've got to see it within a couple of seconds. You go, "That's a really funny Robert De Niro." As an actor, though, you look at different aspects of a character. I try to completely surround myself with the assignment. It's like being in a big cloud and then some of it rains through. Gary Oldman coupleraincharacter The work I enjoy is when the camera rolls, and I like the work in the moment. Gary Oldman enjoymoments The book tells you everything you need to know. The book is the map of the world that you're in with the character. Gary Oldman characterbookworld Each role you play, they set a bar of challenges that you meet. And in the past, I've played characters that emotionally expressed themselves a bit more in a physical way. It was a joy, actually. Gary Oldman joycharacterpast 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 'Midnight Express'? Remember that scene you were in?' And he doesn't disappoint. Gary Oldman ambitionhurtcharacter 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. Gary Oldman squareskidsschool Sometimes directors feel like they have to justify that hat that they are wearing they've got on as a director, and they come in and they tweak and interfere. Gary Oldman hatssometimesdirectors In my eyes it is disgusting that so called ‘journalists’ have seen fit to spread and perpetuate the lie. Gary Oldman latest-headlines
