I never want to feel like I’ve achieved my goal. It’s like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it’s a good season. They feel like they’ll be punished.
HEATH LEDGERI’m shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren’t you like this in normal life? Why can’t you act in your social life? ‘Because I can’t!’
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I do think that drugs and alcohol have been glorified and exoticized in such a way that it gets into the art world.
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Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair.
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I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.
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But the paparazzi are quite malicious and vocal and really rude, … And they camped outside of my house, so I started throwing eggs at them, lobbing them at rocks next to them.
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I feel like I’m wasting time if I repeat myself.
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My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.
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A little fight in you. I like that.
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I only do this because I’m having fun. The day I stop having fun, I’ll just walk away.
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In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.
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See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.
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I’m just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.
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Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.
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The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.
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There’s nothing like working with your mates – it’s the way it should be, as far as I’m concerned.
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It’s like anything in life, visualizing the old man you’re going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that – the life you want to lead – eventually you’ll probably get there.
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I’m an extremely private dude and all this is happening so damn quick. I really haven’t had any time to rationalize it. But it’s nothing that I’m going to let freak me out or take control of me or my thoughts or my real life.
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I’m not good at future planning. I don’t plan at all. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I don’t have a day planner and I don’t have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.
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I am not a public speaker and never will be.
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I’m sure drugs and alcohol perhaps would inspire new thoughts, but it’s certainly not something that I use as a tool or a mechanism to create.
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You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.
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My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I’ll be forever grateful.
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It’s rare that there’s a role that requires an Australian accent.
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If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don’t grow.
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It’s a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat’s on, the heat’s on.
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In the birthing process, you come out just realizing how stupid and weak men are! I mean, I might as well not have been in there, we’re useless!
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It’s odd, that’s why I don’t like telling people I played field hockey. It’s real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, ‘Oh, you girl!’
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