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'.
Quotes to Explore
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I got no hate in me.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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I'm a real romantic.
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I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.
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I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.
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Laughing is also good for your respiratory system.
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When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.
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I don't like memoirs. I think they're self-serving, and people use them to settle scores, and I really tried not to do that. You have to have a really interesting life to justify memoir, and my life has been pretty ho-hum.
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I saw a sign one time that said 'hemorrhoids awareness week' at the doctor's office. Let me tell you, if you got hemorrhoids, I'm sure you are aware of it. You don't need a sign to tell anybody about it.
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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'.
