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Gary Oldman quotes: To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.

Gary Oldman quotes: But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.

Gary Oldman quotes: I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.

I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.

Gary Oldman quotes: My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: 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.

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.

Gary Oldman quotes: I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent.

I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent.

Gary Oldman quotes: I'm probably a Libertarian, if I had to put myself in any category. But you don't come out and talk about these things, for obvious reasons.

I'm probably a Libertarian, if I had to put myself in any category. But you don't come out and talk about these things, for obvious reasons.

Gary Oldman quotes: Culturally, politically, everywhere you look ... Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell.

Culturally, politically, everywhere you look ... Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell.

Gary Oldman quotes: Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

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

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

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 quotes: Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

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

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

Gary Oldman quotes: I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: 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.

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.

Gary Oldman quotes: If you constantly pander to the wishes of others, you will never accomplish anything.

If you constantly pander to the wishes of others, you will never accomplish anything.

Gary Oldman quotes: 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'.

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'.

Gary Oldman quotes: I know I'm pretty, but I ain't as pretty as a couple of titties.

I know I'm pretty, but I ain't as pretty as a couple of titties.

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

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

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

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

Gary Oldman quotes: Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.

Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.

Gary Oldman quotes: As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: I tend to read non-fiction.

I tend to read non-fiction.

Gary Oldman quotes: I just think political correctness is crap.

I just think political correctness is crap.

Gary Oldman quotes: I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

Gary Oldman quotes: You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

Gary Oldman quotes: Political correctness has become a straightjacket.

Political correctness has become a straightjacket.

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

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

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

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

Gary Oldman quotes: I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.

I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.

Gary Oldman quotes: 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.

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

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

Gary Oldman quotes: I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

Gary Oldman quotes: If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.

If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.

Gary Oldman quotes: My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.

My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.

Gary Oldman quotes: To be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around.

To be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around.

Gary Oldman quotes: I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven

I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven

Gary Oldman quotes: We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.

We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.

Gary Oldman quotes: Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

Gary Oldman quotes: I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.

I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.

Gary Oldman quotes: I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

Gary Oldman quotes: Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.

Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.

Gary Oldman quotes: I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it

I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.

Gary Oldman quotes: I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

Gary Oldman quotes: Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

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

Gary Oldman quotes: Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.

Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.

Gary Oldman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.

How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.