Clive Owen Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• 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.

  Clive Owen

  Thinking, People, Lost Friendship

  "Interview:Clive Owen & Jude Law" by Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. December 10, 2004.

• You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.

  Clive Owen

  Botox, Done, Actresses

  "Clive Owen blasts Botox-using actresses" by Marcell Minaya, www.digitalspy.com. January 17, 2010.

• 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.

  Clive Owen

  People, Acting, Actors

  Interview with RZA, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 28, 2015.

• If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.

  Clive Owen

  Book, Different, Stories

• Film is very much about capturing the essence of things - if you feel it, and you've got the right person shooting it, it'll come across. Theater's a different animal; it's physically different and requires a different discipline. In the theater, you're mining the same material, constantly honing the same thing, executing it and keeping it alive and fresh.

  Clive Owen

  Animal, Essence, Discipline

  Interview with RZA, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 28, 2015.

• The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.

  Clive Owen

  Discipline, People, Trying

  Interview with RZA, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 28, 2015.

• I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.

  Clive Owen

  Challenges, Twenties, Done

  Source: www.gq.com

• Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

  Clive Owen

  Credit, Shapes, Want

  Source: collider.com

• I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

  Clive Owen

  Movie, Thinking, Important

  "Clive Owen Interview - SHOOT 'EM UP". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 6, 2007.

• I'd like to do a film which is funny.

  Clive Owen

  Film

• I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy.

  Clive Owen

  Workout, Doe, Stuff

• I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

  Clive Owen

  Film, Shots, Honestly

• 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.

  Clive Owen

  Thinking, Play, Actors

  "Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Jude Law talk Closer". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. December 3, 2004.

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