Clive Owen Doesn’t Need to Be Liked - Which Is What Makes Him So Likeable

The best quote I’ve read about Clive Owen is from the British playwright Patrick Marber, who wrote Closer, the West End smash that eventually became the 2004 movie for which Owen was nominated for an Oscar. “Most of us go into showbiz in order to be admired and affirmed by complete strangers,” Marber said. “Clive doesn’t seem to have this terrible flaw. He has no sentimental need to be liked by the audience.” Owen, who tends to speak low and slow, with a