Clive Owen has admitted that he is instantly drawn to material that he wants to work on.
The actor was in London last week at the London Film Festival to promote his latest movie The Boys Are Back, which is released in the new year.
Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr the British actor takes on the role of Joe Warr who suddenly finds himself a single parent.
In an interview with Bang Showbiz the actor said: "I don't set out to do something different each time I make a movie. I think at the end of the day, a career is made up of all the individual choices that I've made.
"It is literally an instinctive response. I respond to material instantly. I read Shoot 'Em Up and I laughed all the way through and thought I wanted to do that film. I read this script, and I was interested in it for different reasons.
"I trained in the theatre; the theatre is all about playing lots of different parts. I enjoy different aspects of myself in the films.
"People have said to me this is like The Departure, but I never saw it as that - but enough people have told me that I've got to start to listen."
The Boys Are Back is released 15th January.
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