Gary OldmanI 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 sometimes.371Time
Gary OldmanPeople who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic c… ▶351HumanityHumorLove
Gary OldmanI wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?341Truth
Gary OldmanSo 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. ✨ … ▶375Death
Gary OldmanRather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice. ✨ Batma… ▶365DeathLove
Gary OldmanTo be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around.333HumorTruth
Gary OldmanIt's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the wri… ▶334HumanityReadingThought
Gary OldmanOverall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.345Life
Gary OldmanI enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud. ✨ Gary Oldman: from Sid to Smiley: the rollercoaster story of a true British great by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. … ▶356Truth
Gary OldmanI tend to read non-fiction.335Reading
Gary OldmanShakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.302Love
Gary OldmanBeing an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is… ▶281HumanityLifeTruth
Gary OldmanI'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.292Death
Gary OldmanI 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 lo… ▶325Love
Gary OldmanHow many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand. ✨ Batman Begins. Interview wi… ▶337Death
Gary OldmanIt's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing.337Life
Gary OldmanI applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.294Reading
Gary OldmanI 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 famou… ▶306Death
Gary OldmanBy the way, the Harry Potter series is literature, in spite of what some people might say. The way J.K. Rowling worked that world out is quite something. ✨ Gary Oldman: What… ▶339HumanityReading
Gary OldmanThat's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's wher… ▶262Life
Gary OldmanChange is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour. ✨… ▶273HumanityTruth
Gary OldmanYour own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the … ▶295Hope
Gary OldmanTo be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.295Reflection
Gary OldmanIn the past, I’ve had my share of good reviews, but it’s always the crazy, scary, weirdo guy. I don’t even know how it happened. Look at me. I mean, when I’m naked, I look like a … ▶296Time
Gary OldmanWhats fascinating is that when you write a script, its almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but youre not always sure what. Then when you ge… ▶274Thought
Gary OldmanMy big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.318Love
Gary OldmanI had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.308Reading
Gary OldmanI grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had … ▶253Time
Gary OldmanThere 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.253Humanity
Gary OldmanI was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me for nine straight hours. And I w… ▶286Death
