Words matter. These are the best Guy Pearce Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, ‘okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it’s a good film, and it’s up for an award – well, I guess it should win the award then.’
I suffer from overheating quite easily.
It’s hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past.
A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.
When you’re promoting a film it’s really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it.
I’ve been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven’t been right for me.
I don’t have many friends.
I’m constantly trying to be as original as I can.
I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they’re lazy or flippant with them. I just can’t do that.
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 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’ve always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.
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.
Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.
On stage, you’ve got dialogue you’ve learned. You’ve got a paying audience. It couldn’t be better, you know?
I’ll generally write out every scene that’s in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, ‘This first third of the film, generally, I’m kind of calm.’ Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.
I’m far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.
I don’t enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can’t engage with the story as well.
I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.
My problem is I’m an addictive personality. I can’t have one coffee. I can’t eat one piece of chocolate.
Every time you say yes to a film there’s a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.
I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don’t mean this in a derogatory way. I’m always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I’m wondering if that’s even possible.
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.
Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never.
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.
I don’t really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, ‘You’re a weirdo.’
I don’t feel I’m making a conscious effort to go more commercial.
I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.
Comic-strip stuff isn’t really my cup of tea, really.
Success comes in waves.
