Quotes from Clive Owen

As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.

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 want to be in movies that stand the test of time.

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

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

I go home to London in between jobs, and in London, my life has nothing to do with the business. It's a family life, hanging with friends.

I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.

I believe that we live in a time of fractured families where maybe fathers aren't getting enough time to see their kids because life's complications and hardships get in the way of those things.

I just love playing good guys.

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 done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.

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

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

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

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

I'm just a working actor.

I come from a very working-class background.

I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy.

I do wear suits all the time.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

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