Gary Oldman Clarifies ‘Harry Potter’ Comments Where He Called His Acting ‘Mediocre’: I’m ‘Always Hypercritical’ and if I Was ‘Satisfied,’ That ‘Would Be the Death of Me’

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1. > “What I meant by that is, as any artist or any actor or painter, you are always hypercritical of your own work,” he continued. “If you’re not, and you’re satisfied with what you’re doing, that would be death to me. If I watched a performance of myself and thought, ‘My God, I’m fantastic in this,’ that would be a sad day.”

   > He continued, **“There was such secrecy that was shrouded around the novels, they were under lock and key. And had I known from the very beginning, if I had read the five books and I had seen the arc of the character, I might have approached it differently. I may have looked at it differently and painted in a different color. So when I started ‘Harry Potter,’ all I had was the book, ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban,’ and that one representation of that man. One book in the library of Sirius Black. And that’s kind of what I meant by it.** It’s not me looking at the movie and saying it’s a terrible film or I’m terrible, I just wish it had been under different circumstances. That’s what I meant, not to be rude to any of the people out there who like that film.”

2. There is a quote from Man on Fire. Not exact, but Creasey is complaining he is slow. Then his friend says, even at half speed you are still great.

   Gary Oldman on a bad day is still amazing.

3. we tend to be own worst critics applies even to big name movie stars