234 Quotes by Clive Owen

I don’t think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an acting point of view, it’s easier to do my job, if I’m included in what the intentions are, for why people are doing what they’re doing, especially with a director.

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

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

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.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I’ve ever come across has been for film.

I’m competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.

Obviously, I’m attracted to heavier movies.

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.