Feel Quotes

I tend to read non-fiction.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Read Tend Non-Fiction

I just think political correctness is crap.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Think Just Political

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

Gary Oldman

Tags: Music More Love

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

Gary Oldman

Tags: Got Drama Student

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

Gary Oldman

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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.

Gary Oldman

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

Gary Oldman

Tags: You Just Know

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Time Dad Out

It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Funny Because Been

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

Gary Oldman

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I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.

Gary Oldman

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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.

Gary Oldman

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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.

Gary Oldman

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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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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Romantic Me Think

We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies.

Gary Oldman

Tags: You People Much

Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.

Gary Oldman

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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 back to work and earn some money.

Gary Oldman

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You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.

Gary Oldman

Tags: You Just Because

People 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 comedy.

Gary Oldman

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Your 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 person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.

Gary Oldman

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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.

Gary Oldman

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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.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Home Famous Just

There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'

Gary Oldman

Tags: Parenting You Because

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.

Gary Oldman

Tags: Dad Cool You