Top 144 Quotes & Sayings by Clive Owen - Page 2

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

There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.

I just love playing good guys.

I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

I was at the birth of my two girls.

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

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.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

Audiences can be very judgmental.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster.

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.

The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, 'Remember, it's all about likeability.'

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.

I never wanted to be a movie star.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

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

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

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

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

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.

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.

I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.

For me, London is and always will be home.

I do wear suits all the time.

I always want my options to be open.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

I'm just a working actor.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

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.

The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, Remember, it's all about likeability.

For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they want to get out of a scene and how they want to shoot it. Having that knowledge is really valuable, for an actor. It means you can deliver more.

I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

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.

When I started in the theater, the joy for me was playing different parts, and I get set alight by different people and different worlds. The biggest joy for me is jumping around and going from that to this to that, never feeling that I'm any one thing - because I'm not, and we as people aren't.

The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.

The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.

Without faith, without belief in something, what are we?

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.

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.

I don’t mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal... Any actor who starts taking ‘sex symbol’ seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems.

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.

There are a lot of people who go through a lot of tough things, and it doesn't stop them from wanting to be a better parent.

I was very keen on playing a victim.

Death frees the beast.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.

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.

I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

Acting is all about likability.