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" A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions. "
Guy Pearce
Down
Street
Someone
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" 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.' "
Guy Pearce
People
Good
Win
" I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was. "
Guy Pearce
Than
Far
Comfortable
" I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all. "
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Me
" Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never. "
Guy Pearce
Well
Wear
Shoes
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
You
Communication
Great
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Character
Calm
Energy
" Men often still expect women to be under their thumb. "
Guy Pearce
Still
Often
Men
" 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.' "
Guy Pearce
Men
Talk
You
" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "
Guy Pearce
Coming Home
Coming
Thrill
" I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well. "
Guy Pearce
Movies
Find
Engage
" You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way. "
Guy Pearce
You
Way
Things
" If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless. "
Guy Pearce
Tell
Exhausted
Good
" I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate. "
Guy Pearce
Affinity
Way
Up
" Success comes in waves. "
Guy Pearce
Waves
Success
" I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. "
Guy Pearce
Good
Think
Potential
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Father
Confused
Mother
" You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series. "
Guy Pearce
Want
You
Never
" Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. "
Guy Pearce
Growing Up
Kid
Growing
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Possible
Always
Think
" Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective. "
Guy Pearce
Perspective
Hollywood
Nothing
" I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can. "
Guy Pearce
Film
Never
Try
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Broke
Breathing
Just
" I suffer from overheating quite easily. "
Guy Pearce
Suffer
Quite
Easily
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Funny
Think
Sometimes
" The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling. "
Guy Pearce
Good
You
Suffer
" I never really enjoyed the fame stuff. "
Guy Pearce
Never
Stuff
Really
" You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out. "
Guy Pearce
You
Level
Think
" I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. "
Guy Pearce
Human Nature
Human
Exploration
" I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. "
Guy Pearce
Parties
Resistant
Always
" 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. "
Guy Pearce
Group
Past
Doing