Top 35 Eric Bana Quotes

I’m a bit of a romantic.

I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me.

I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.

You’ll read things and say, this is a really good project and it’s probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.

I’m not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.

As an actor I’ve been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.

My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other.

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

I love being at home, being with friends and family. I’m of European stock, brought up in Australia. I’m a passionate guy. I just love life.

My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it.

I’m always reading and looking around for the next thing.

The darker the film, the more vital everyone’s sense of humor is on set.

I don’t like to come at my character from some really technical place.

I have a theory that I really want my kids to know – the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.

I think love can come fairly easily and grow – but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you’re in pretty good shape.

The Israeli accent wasn’t one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time.

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

I’ll give you a list of a hundred ways that I’m more likely to be injured than belting around a race track with people who know what they’re doing. It’s not a place where I feel I’m in unnecessary danger.

I’m always one time zone behind myself.

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.

I really enjoy working on small films.

A girl’s got to be fun. It’s the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I’m a bit of a romantic.

I’ve always been a bit of a car freak.

I’ve never been someone that’s had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn’t give you the chance to be flexible.

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that’s supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn’t mean you do it.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I’m literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.

When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I’d jump any ramp, I’d jump over people, I’d jump over things – always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.

When I shoot I’ll take my family with me – one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don’t use machines.