Clive Owen Quotes

• It’s just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics – characters and great writing.

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• I’ve had some great times with actresses, but that’s in a movie.

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• Rudeness can make me angry.

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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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• 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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• 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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• When there’s an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

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• When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

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• You’re always dealing with emotions as an actor.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there’s no question.

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• Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

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• Obviously, I’m attracted to heavier movies.

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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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• 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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Clive Owen (85)

Birth:	3rd October, 1964
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Producer

About

Clive Owen was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He is an English actor who first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance in the drama Closer. In 2012, he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in Hemingway & Gellhorn. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1996, he appeared in his first major Hollywood film The Rich Man's Wife alongside Halle Berry before finding international acclaim in a Channel 4 film directed by Mike Hodges called Croupier.

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