Clive Owen
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.Collection: Travel
Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.Collection: Family
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.Collection: Parenting
The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.
I'm not better than anyone else.
I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.
Rudeness can make me angry.
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'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.
I'm the git in the family.
I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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.
I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.
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'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.
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 think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
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.
I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.
I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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.
I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.
I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.
When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.
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.
Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.
I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
Good dialogue is very important.
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 do get clocked. But it's not invasive to the point where it's upsetting. It doesn't encroach.
I come from a very working-class background.
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'd like to do a film which is funny.
I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.
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 always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.
I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you.
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.
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.
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
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 always want my options to be open.