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Quotes by Clive Owen

Clive Owen

“The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. Thats what I believe.”

“I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. Its a craft, and Im constantly trying to learn and get better at it.”

“I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.”

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

“Im not normally one to commit to a long-running series.”

“My gardening skills are awful.”

“I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they dont necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.”

“Wow.”

“Welcome to famine relief...”

“Welcome to Briton...”

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when Im not working Im cool with the Teletubbies.

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.

The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people werent traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.

A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when youve got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you dont have that hunger.

I couldnt bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.