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Gary Oldman Quotes

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

Gary Oldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Control You Career Mercy

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

Joel Hodgson

Science Mystery Influences Show Many

I do wish, when I was younger, that I knew that I was gay. It would have made things a lot clearer for me. Really. Looking back on it, it was so obvious, but it never really dawned on me. Socially, I felt like I didn't know how to be and who to be. If I had known back then, it would have given me more self-confidence.

Megan Rapinoe

Me Looking Back Looking Wish Gay

My father had a handgun on the bedside table, and we were all taught to handle firearms.

John Hickenlooper

Father Table Handle Taught Firearms

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

John Ruskin

Think Care You Nation Books Horses

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

John Updike

Respect Whatever Been Costs Newness

It's really hard for a lot of men to have the woman accomplishing more than them.

Amy Schumer

Men Woman More Hard Than Really

Political correctness may make for smooth edges, but it does little for the imagination and nothing for the arts. Writers work best when they are exploring at the outer limits of what is traditional, acceptable, or conventional.

Amanda Foreman

Work Best Imagination Limits Nothing

I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people.

Tom Sizemore

Family Father Man People Poor He

In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening.

Julia Cameron

Good Depression Experience People

I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.

Jonathan Groff

Love Doing Concerts I Love Aspect

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

Dexter Gordon

Good Ego Recognition You Nice Dig

Cannes is the oldest film festival in the world, and I've long dreamed of having one of my films there in competition. It's a dream that lay dormant for a long time; I stopped believing in it.

Denis Villeneuve

Time Competition World Long Dream