Top 60 Clive Owen Quotes

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

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

I always want my options to be open.

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

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.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I’m not working I’m cool with the Teletubbies.

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

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

I certainly don’t think of myself as an action hero.

I want to be in movies that stand the test of time.

Rudeness can make me angry.

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

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

For me, London is and always will be home.

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.

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.

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.

I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don’t notice you.

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

I never wanted to be a movie star.

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

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.

I do get clocked. But it’s not invasive to the point where it’s upsetting. It doesn’t encroach.

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

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can’t sing – that is why.

I was not a very fearful kid, really.

I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.

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 live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

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

I’m not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

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.

I’m not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.

I couldn’t bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

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.

I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

I’m interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I’d love to do a Western.

I just love playing good guys.

I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don’t necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.

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.

Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can’t sustain a career in just English movies.

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.

I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.

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

I treat any scene the same – dialogue, action – you’re still creating something in character. It’s all acting, fighting.

I’m the git in the family.

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.

Jewelery isn’t really my thing, but I’ve always got my eye on people’s watches.

I can’t remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven’t done most of it.

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.

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

I’d like to do a film which is funny.

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

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

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

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

Obviously, I’m attracted to heavier movies.