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" Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting. "

Eric Bana

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

Eric Bana

Character

Place

" 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'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. "

" I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part. "

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

" 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. "

" I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. "

" I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand. "

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

" I like the unknown. I like mystery. "

Eric Bana

Mystery

Unknown

" My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it. "

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

" I'm a bit of a romantic. "

Eric Bana

Romantic

Bit

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

" My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes from sort of 'me' storytelling. "

Eric Bana

Writing

Creative

" It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live. "

" The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work. "

Eric Bana

People

Outside

" By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way. "

" If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile. "

" 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 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. "

" I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job. "

" Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue. "

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

Eric Bana

Youth

Falling

" The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter. "