Gary Oldman Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

“If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.”

“I tend to read non-fiction.”

“I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.”

“My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.”

“Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.”

“I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.”

“What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.”

“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 crying; it's not the character crying.”

“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 could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.”