234 Quotes by Clive Owen

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 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.

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.

Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.

often attracted to people with conflicts or flawed people because they're more interesting. There's something very attractive about playing an ordinary guy trying to cope with extraordinary things. He's a flawed human being struggling.

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.

A terrible thing happens and it's a nightmare that begins and just seems to spiral out of control.

I'm a big fan of comedies and dramas, and I watch tons of movies.

Oh no, we definitely weren't there together. In fact, much as I would have liked to, I didn't even get to meet the guy. But I do understand that he was there at the show.