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.”
-- Clive OwenSource : "Interview:Clive Owen & Jude Law" by Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. December 10, 2004.
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“I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Source: www.gq.com
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“After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.”
-- Clive OwenSource : "Clive Owen: I would do anything for my family". Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. July 2, 2012.
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“Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.”
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“I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.”
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“I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.”
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“Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.”
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“As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Source: www.gq.com
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“The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.”
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“I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.”
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“I would never give anybody any advice about anything.”
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“I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.”
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“I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.”
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“I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.”
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“I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.”
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“There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.”
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“There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.”
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“I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy.”
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“You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.”
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“I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.”
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“I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.”
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“Without faith, without belief in something, what are we?”
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“I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.”
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“I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities,”
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“The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.”
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“I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.”
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“As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.”
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“I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.”
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“I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.”
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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 do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.”
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“I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.”
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“The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.”
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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 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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“If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.”
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“I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.”
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“For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.”
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“I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.”
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“I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.”
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“I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 20, 2011.
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“I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.”
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“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”
-- Clive OwenSource : The Journalist and the Murderer pt. 1 (1990)
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“Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.”
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“A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.”
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“I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.”
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“Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.”
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“When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.”
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“Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.”
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“As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.”
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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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“It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.”
-- Clive OwenSource : "Clive Owen & Jude Law". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. December 10, 2004.
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“I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.”
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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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“The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.”
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“I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.”
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“I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.”
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“I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Source: www.glamour.com
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“Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.”
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“I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.”
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“I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.”
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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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“The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.”
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“When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.”
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“I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.”
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“Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.”
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“I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you.”
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“Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.”
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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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“You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.”
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“One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.”
-- Clive OwenSource : Source: therumpus.net
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“The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, Remember, it's all about likeability.”
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