I’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!’
HEATH LEDGERMy 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.
More Heath Ledger Quotes
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You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.
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It’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.
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May I ask your name, my lady? Or perhaps angels have no names, only beautiful faces.
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I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.
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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.
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I feel like I’m wasting time if I repeat myself.
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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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I didn’t want to raise my child in Hollywood.
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When I first started acting, I was just crap.
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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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My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.
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Don’t let anyone ever make you feel you don’t deserve what you want.
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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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Never give up on what makes you smile
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I am not a public speaker and never will be.
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