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 would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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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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We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock.
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I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.
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The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
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Kate Mara is actually one of my really good friends.
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I'm not saying it's a bad thing to do, but when you try to deal with prescient themes in the present, that is what you're doing.
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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'.
