As A Drama Student I

Change Is Vital To Any Actor. If You Keep Playing Lead After Lead, You're Really Gonna Dry Up. Because All Those Vehicles Wean You Away From The Truths Of Human Behaviour.

I Never Told My Father I Loved Him Before He Died, And I Have A Lot Of Issues About That. They're All Swimming Around In My Head, In My Heart, Unresolved, And In A Way It Felt Fitting To Dedicate The Film To Him.

You Take What You Know, And You Put It Through Your Own Prism. If I Play Characters That Break Down Or Cry, It's Gary Oldman Crying; It's Not The Character Crying.

Whats Fascinating Is That When You Write A Script, Its Almost A Stream Of Consciousness. You Have An Idea That It Means Something, But Youre Not Always Sure What. Then When You Get On The Set, The Actors Teach You.

Any Actor Who Tells You That They Have Become The People They Play, Unless They’re Clearly Diagnosed As A Schizophrenic, Is Bullshitting You.