“We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.” Quote by 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.” TwoBookKidsMovingThreeStoresBusHarry PotterPotters Author:Gary Oldman
“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.” WayLittlesFilmActorsMagicBreatheMovieGatesCelluloid Author:Gary Oldman
“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.” IfsStillsI CanFilmObligationPublicists Author:Gary Oldman
“Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.” YearsHas BeensPlayCharacterEmotionScary Author:Gary Oldman
“I found out when I did the Oprah Winfrey show that there was a cookie jar of me. So she gave it to me. I had no idea prior to that that it even existed.” IdeasShowsFoundNo IdeaCookiesJarsCookie Jars Author:Carrie Fisher
“I took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There's that period in the late '90s, the early 2000s, where I didn't do a great deal.” KidsWantedBitsDealsFocusPeriodsLateSeats Author:Gary Oldman
“It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.” IfsYearsBitsCitiesStrangeDiseaseTownsShameDown AndCaliforniaSuburbsLandmarks Author: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.” ThinkingActorsSpeakExampleDirectorsDirect Author:Gary Oldman
“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.” PeopleWantDifferentSometimesActorsImagineMeetingsImagine That Author:Gary Oldman
“You don't decide to build a church because you have money in the bank. You build because God says this is what I should do. Faith is the supplier of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.” ShouldFaithChurchEvidenceSuppliers Author:Jim Bakker