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 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.
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.
I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
I was not a very fearful kid, really.
I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.
I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.
I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.
I'm one of those actors where usually I'll read a script, and then I'll have a flurry of notes. I'll ask a hundred questions about things, and really get in there and examine it.
I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.
There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.
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.
You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.
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.