Gary Oldman Quotes

I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.

Gary Oldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 21, 1958

Topics

GuitarNowPlasticImagineBeatles

I've played good guys for most of my career, and when I came out to California, I thought, 'I really would like to find some wonderfully intelligent bad guy to play.'

Joe Morton

GoodThoughtBadCareerFindPlay

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.

Anna Quindlen

ChildrenParentsSmallRunWay

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.

Michael Foreman

FriendshipBookStoryBattleYoung

Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinise you, it will immortalise you.

Sri Chinmoy

LoveLightPeaceYouWillListen

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

Roger Ebert

DeathBoredomYouNothingLike

I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor.

Ron Perlman

CharacterPressureFatDownLost

My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother.

Ronnie Spector

MotherNightBathroomHoneymoon

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction.

Mary Augusta Ward

ArtTrustLookBackChoiceI Can

There are a lot of parallels to the 'Sparkle' story and my story.

Jordin Sparks

SparkleStoryLotParallels

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience.

Dianne Reeves

LifeExperienceExcellenceMeDoing

I was told to have an ice bath once, which I did once, and it was the most horrific experience. In my head it sounded like a great idea, so I filled my bath with ice and water, and it was absolutely horrendous.

Antony Starr

GreatWaterExperienceIceBath

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

Annette Bening

WomenKnowYesPlayedReally

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