3 December 2020 Gary Oldman Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman Change 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can’t beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman Rather 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman How 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman ‘Nil By Mouth’ was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that’s not my dad.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman 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.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can’t really move from it: it’s on buses, in stores, it’s everywhere. One of my kids has read the books the other two are too small but they like the movies.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman It’s funny: I’m a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it’s been a solitary thing.
