Gary Oldmanis sharing why hell always be grateful for theHarry Potterfilms.

(Oldman divorced his ex-wife, Donya Fiorentino, in 2001.)

Thank God forHarry Potter, he told Drew Barrymore.

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Gary Oldman and Daniel Radcliffe as Sirius Black and Harry Potter.Everett Collection

Id fly in for a day, Id do a shoot a day, he said.

He continued, I got the opportunity to have these other two kids and I thought, I cant.

He said that his biggest accomplishment as a parent is that his children grew up to become nice people.

My kids are not geniuses, but theyre really, really nice people," he said.

“I think [that we need] more nice people in the world.

Weve got geniuses, weve done enough of them.

We need really kind people.

Good heart and not mean-spirited.

He concluded, I think they saved my life.