"I play a lot of sports. I'm not real good at any of them. I'm above adequate."

“No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.”

“Now I walk every where I can. I also ride a stationary bicycle for a total of 30 minutes. I do it three or more times a week now and I have lost 20 pounds”

“You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.”

Source : "Gary Oldman: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 16, 2011.

“Wherever is love and loyalty, great purposes and lofty souls, even though in a hovel or a mine, there is fairyland.”

“We need spring. We need it desperately, and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us.”

“When you do 10 interviews in one day, and 10 different sources want to talk to you, that means you're doing good. I think about that every day.”

“I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.”

Source : "Director Luc Besson Talks LUCY, a Possible Sequel, His Approach to Female Characters, and More; Says TAKEN 3 Has Nothing to Do with Liam Neeson’s Family". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 23, 2014.

“I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.”