Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owenis an English actor who first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He then received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyesbefore earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier. In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 October 1964
CityCoventry,, England
I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.
I'm the git in the family.
I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.
I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.
I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.
After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.
The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.
I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
I'd like to do a film which is funny.