"If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon." — Gary Oldman

It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.