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84 quotes by Gary Oldman

Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor, filmmaker, and musician. Oldman rose to prominence in Britain with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986) and Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), as well as that of a football firm leader in The Firm (1989), before going on to achieve international renown as Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Oldman starred as...
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of... →

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I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

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I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?

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Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get... →

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I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.

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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.

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I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.

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I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.

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I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.

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

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I can't imagine childhood without 'Planet of the Apes.' I was nine or ten when the first one came out.

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