Clive Owen Quotes
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You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.
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I don't play video games.
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
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I'd like to do a film which is funny.
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I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.
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I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.
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For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.
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A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.
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There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.
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Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.
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I just love playing good guys.
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I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
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I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.
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I want to be in movies that stand the test of time.
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If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.
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After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.
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I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.
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I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
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I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.