--- ---  # Gary Oldman Apologizes for Controversial Remarks by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 26, 2014 1:12 PM UTC  Actor Gary Oldman apologizes for controversial comments Actor Gary Oldman apologizes for controversial commentsABC / ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 26, 2014 1:12 PM UTC Actor Gary Oldman appeared on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Wednesday and apologized – [again](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fmorning-mix%2Fwp%2F2014%2F06%2F26%2Fgary-oldman-continues-his-apology-tour-but-does-he-mean-it%2F%3Ftid%3Dhp%5Fmm&ei=sxOsU%5FvNDNXTsATyz4CwCQ&usg=AFQjCNHXRVhtejYrz-z2fU5Bx6peqNULow&sig2=w25DhpEGE1f00TSqPOWz%5Fw) – for controversial comments he made in an[ interview with Playboy magazine](http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/gary-oldman-playboy-interview) published earlier this week. In a [profanity-laced interview](http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/gary-oldman-playboy-interview), the 56-year-old actor said that Hollywood should “get over” Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic comments because other people say similar things in private conversations. The remarks were slammed by Jewish groups. “I said some things that were poorly considered,” the _Harry Potter_ star, 56, told Kimmel. “And once I had seen it in print, I could see that it was offensive, insensitive, pernicious and ill-informed.” “Words have meaning, they carry weight and they carry on long after you’ve said them… and I don’t condone or excuse the words I used in any context. I just basically shouldn’t have used them in any context, but I did, and I have deeply injured and wounded a great many people.” Oldman stars in the upcoming film _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_. Gary Oldman Apologizes For Controversial Remarks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2927030/gary-oldman-apology-anti-semitic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2927030/gary-oldman-apology-anti-semitic/"},"headline":"Gary Oldman Apologizes for Controversial Remarks","datePublished":"2014-06-26T13:12:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:38:41.250Z","description":"\"I said some things that were poorly considered,\" actor tells Jimmy Kimmel","url":"https://time.com/2927030/gary-oldman-apology-anti-semitic/","keywords":["Late Night","Television","Late Night Highlight","Jimmy Kimmel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77984191b1a59dd7/6986995bcd804dbf8dccba88/lnh1280x720-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77984191b1a59dd7/6986995bcd804dbf8dccba88/lnh1280x720-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gary Oldman apologizes for controversial comments","caption":"Actor Gary Oldman apologizes for controversial comments","creditText":"ABC / ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night/","name":"Late Night"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2927030/gary-oldman-apology-anti-semitic/","name":"Gary Oldman Apologizes for Controversial Remarks"}}]}] ```