Gary Oldman

On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#actually #best #direct #director #example

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

— Gary Oldman

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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#certain #enjoy #i #life #live

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 extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#career #comes #control #desk #engineer

People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can't get a meeting on, or go to a different actors. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#come #different #everything #get #go

Political correctness has become a straightjacket. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#correctness #political #political correctness

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

— Gary Oldman

#really #shakespeare #subtext #write #you

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. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#around #came #harry #harry potter #i

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#building #constitution #democracy #envy #fair

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient. ↗

— Gary Oldman

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