Clive Owen

“Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't 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.”

“Audiences can be very judgmental.”

“Good dialogue is very important.”

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

“The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.”

“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.”

“I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.”

“Rudeness can make me angry.”

“I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.”

“It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.”

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

“Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.”

“I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.”

“I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.”

“I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.”

“I'm the git in the family.”

“I would never give anybody any advice about anything.”

“My wife needs her freedom just like me.”

“I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster.”

“A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.”