Gary Oldman as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson: Gary Oldman has created this portrait of this man. He tells so much with small expressions.
John Hurt: He's enormously subtle. And it requires it. Absolutely staggering actor, wonderful actor.
John Le Carre: I think Oldman is absolutely brilliant in this part. I'm hypnotized by his performance.
"I know he can be beaten. He's a fanatic. And the fanatic is always concealing a secret doubt."
Gary Oldman: Smiley is drawn from a world that Le Carre has personal experience in.
Colin Firth: I think he's one of the most compelling characters created in the genre.
