Guy Pearce Quotes

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. I can't have a little bit of drugs.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

There's many more films being made in America than there are in Australia. You make four hundred and fifty films a year, we make twenty-five.

I'm definitely not non-chalant. I have to leave nonchalant at home when I'm working on something, otherwise I just don't feel like I'm committed, and I've gotta be fully committed.

Just because there are things I don't remember, doesn't mean my actions are meaningless. The whole world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.

The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?'

I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

There's something about the American sensibility that kind of hails people in the public eye. You have a star system. You have that kind of thing where you say, "Good on you for doing that."

It's interesting playing something that the audience doesn't fully know.

You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on.

I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before.

Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.

Australia's not so bad with me, really, people are pretty cool with me at home, but in England it feels a little bit scary.

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well.

I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected.

Working on a studio picture, I can't help but be aware of all the political stuff that's going on. I have to work to be able to survive, in a sense.

When I go to a movie, I'm always thrilled if I've seen an actor do something and I didn't realize until the end of the movie that that was that person. I love that.

I suffer from overheating quite easily.

I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."

I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go.

I want to bring something different to every film. I get a bit tired of actors who kind of are the same character in every film that they do.

I didn't know what the path was that I wanted to be as an actor, to be honest. I've been doing a lot of theater since I was a kid, so I was just sort of taking opportunities.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.

You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise.

Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.

There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

I think as an actor, or any artist, you move with your moods and you express what's going on for you, and you answer to that voice within that's calling for particular things.

I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.

You can have a great time on a film and the chemistry can seem great but then you look at the finished film and it just doesn't quite gel, something doesn't quite work.

It's really interesting making films and actually seeing the life that they have in the subsequent years and seeing which ones stand up over time and which ones sort of fade away.

A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.

I've not often been a man of many words. I've never considered myself to be overly articulate. I do feel more comfortable acting something out than I do explaining something or whatever.

The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

I really enjoy doing things that are more subtle and close to home - and literally close to home.

English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious or if it's because they're shallow.

I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today.

I think that you can say something in one line with a look that you might need three lines on a page for normally.

Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing

I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.