Clive Owen

“I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero.”

“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.”

“Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.”

“As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.”

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

“I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'”

“I'm the git in the family.”

“For me really good acting is about subtext.”

“I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.”

“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”

“Rudeness can make me angry.”

“A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.”

“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.”

“For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.”

“I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.”

“I do get clocked. But it's not invasive to the point where it's upsetting. It doesn't encroach.”

“I'm just a working actor.”