234 Quotes by Clive Owen

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

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.

You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.

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'm the git in the family.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

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

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

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.