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I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read any reviews because I didn't find them to be very helpful.

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Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

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In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.

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Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director.

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I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.
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My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.

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I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

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I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

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When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write.

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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

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My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.

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I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

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Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

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When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to tell their story, and that's the number one priority.

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I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.

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School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

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I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

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If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility.

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I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

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You don't want to be the guy whose back's to the camera in the emotional part of the movie. So, you have to be aware of the camera movement and what the camera's doing.

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You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.
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I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

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I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
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My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that.

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I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.

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My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

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You don't have to like an actor to do a scene with him. You don't have to like a director. But it's just better if you do. And I think, you know, you've got to begin that with respect.

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I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

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I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.

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There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free.

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I didn't get married to get divorced.

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I've loved Danielle Spencer since 1989 - that's never going to change - and that's one of those things where I stare at her and go, 'How did it fail?' I still can't work it out, because my feelings for her have never changed.

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From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

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It just seems like a religion that is perfect for people who feel like they need a grounding, who feels that the world has run off on them. I've discussed this with Scientologists, and they don't disagree. So, for a certain type of person, that's great.

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I've got bits falling off me. I'm not made of rubber. That's from film stunts. Every single injury I have is related to a movie. I know that sounds fundamentally embarrassing.

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War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.

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I look for the role that excites me and work with whoever that director happens to be, wherever he wants to shoot the film.

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No matter how long you'd been in the country, if you weren't in Australia for the majority of 2000 to 2002 - when I was particularly busy filming overseas - you can't become a citizen.

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I've been voted one of Australia's 50 national treasures. I've even had my face on an Australian stamp - the only non-Australian to do so, apart from the Queen, of course.

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It is important to dress for success.
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If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night.

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South Sydney is a very complicated and wonderful place. You have some of the most expensive bits of real estate in the country and a large percentage of government housing.

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If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league.
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The Americans love Aussies, but they're actually quite afraid of us at the same time because they think we're insane. Then they see our sports - league, union, and AFL - and that makes them even more worried.

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At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I've got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I've got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I've got one degenerating hip - that's the problem you get.

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I've followed Leeds since I was a little kid. I used to come home from sport in the afternoon, me and my brother, and watch 'Match of the Day.' I love the club. I want nothing but success for the club.

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People say, 'Surely there's the right reasons for going to war?' And my perspective is, 'Surely there's a better way of asking that question?'

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Music's always been a huge part of my life, and my first record came out in 1981.
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I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

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I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at that young age.

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