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 weve really lost that in movies. – Clive Owen
Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you cant sustain a career in just English movies. – Clive Owen
Very often when you see families its all perfect and neat, and parenting isnt 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. – Clive Owen
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow’s feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong. – George Bernard Shaw, to Mrs. Patrick Campbell