Clive Owen Quotes

• I can honestly say I’ve never chosen a film because where it’s shot is convenient.

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• I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.

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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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• After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ I played Romeo.

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• For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.

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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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• Good dialogue is very important.

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• For me, London is and always will be home.

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• For me really good acting is about subtext.

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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.

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• Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

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• Audiences can be very judgmental.

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• As I get older, I’ve been having a better and better time.

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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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• Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

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• A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

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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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  Tags in Parenting, Working

• 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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  Tags in Myself, Better, Trying

• 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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  Tags in Best, Something, Appetite

• One of the things I’m most proud of about my career is the fact I’ve managed to keep options open.

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  Tags in Career, Proud

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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