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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. "

Clive Owen

Sun

School

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" I'd like to do a film which is funny. "

Clive Owen

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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. "

" 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. "

" There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up. "

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

" 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'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. "

" I would never give anybody any advice about anything. "

" Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Audiences can be very judgmental. "

" I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making. "

" 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. "

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

" I was at the birth of my two girls. "

Clive Owen

Two

Birth

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

Clive Owen

Hang

Come

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why. "

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

" The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe. "

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

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

Clive Owen

Idiot

Best