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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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!’
HEATH LEDGERThe 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 LEDGERHad I listened to my agent, I’d be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.
HEATH LEDGERI’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.
HEATH LEDGERIt’s rare that there’s a role that requires an Australian accent.
HEATH LEDGERI wasn’t going to have fun doing a teen movie again.
HEATH LEDGERI like to see films that come out with lower budgets because you’re forced into using your imagination. You don’t have everything at your fingertips. You have to create it from scratch.
HEATH LEDGERDon’t let anyone ever make you feel you don’t deserve what you want.
HEATH LEDGERIt’s kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn’t be doing it and I don’t know how to do it and I’m going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.
HEATH LEDGERI’m still a kid. I’m like six years old. But it’s just a matter of wanting to get up, it’s just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.
HEATH LEDGERI have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.
HEATH LEDGERIf you make decisions based upon people’s reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.
HEATH LEDGERI’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.
HEATH LEDGERI apologize for my terrible interview skills.
HEATH LEDGERI generally don’t think most situations can be labeled as black or white.
HEATH LEDGERBut 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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