"The sexiest gift? No question: a wedding ring." - "Fantastic." Thanks Dlinco

A critic once said I could play middle-class angst standing on my head - but I'm actually an oik from Coventry"  (Thanks, Valerie)

"For several years I did have the Chancer label around my neck, but it's never really worried me. " - Clive Owen

"I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines. " - Clive Owen

"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it. " - Clive Owen

"I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things. " - Clive Owen

"I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human. " - Clive Owen

"I'm not normally one to commit to a long-running series. " - Clive Owen

"I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role. " - Clive Owen

"My gardening skills are awful. " - Clive Owen

"One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open. " - Clive Owen

"Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies. " - Clive Owen

"The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe. " - Clive Owen

"You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies. " - Clive Owen

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Thanks to Doro for the above. If you have any to add, please e-mail me, and put "Clive Quotes" in the subject line

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