The Australian sense of humor is very dry, sarcastic, and very undercover. Like if I tell any jokes in America, people just think I’m serious! So I just quit telling any jokes whatsoever.
HEATH LEDGERIt’s a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat’s on, the heat’s on.
More Heath Ledger Quotes
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Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you’re going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You’re just a kid.
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I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
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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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I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices – it reflects on who I am.
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In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.
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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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If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.
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A little fight in you. I like that.
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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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The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We’re not running the same race. It’s like we’re all doing different sports in fact.
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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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I think your personal evolution runs hand in hand with your professional evolution. Performance and the person you are kind of grow simultaneously.
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In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.
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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 apologize for my terrible interview skills.
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I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; its loneliness.
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See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.
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My life is together, both professionally and socially.
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I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.
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People generally express more in between their sentences when they’re not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they’re feeling.
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I like to do something I fear.
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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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When I first started acting, I was just crap.
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I’m in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.
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It’s rare that there’s a role that requires an Australian accent.
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My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.
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