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" I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me. "
Eric Bana
Youth
Me
Falling
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" I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing. "
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" 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. "
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" I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination. "
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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. "
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" I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely. "
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" I'm always one time zone behind myself. "
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" I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films. "
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" I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part. "
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" I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone. "
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Back
Home
" I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic. "
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Love
Who
" It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. "
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Work
Only
" 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. "
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Enough
Feel
" I like the unknown. I like mystery. "
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Unknown
" The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter. "
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Time
Remember
" It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live. "
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Normally
Live
Always
" I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story. "
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Going
College
Story
" 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. "
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Scratch
Accent
Had
" 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. "
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Friends
Fun
Girl
" I've always been a bit of a car freak. "
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Freak
Always
Been
" I've given no thought to moving to America at all. "
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America
Thought
Moving
" When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can. "
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I Can
Film
Family
" When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home. "
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Family
Year
Home
" I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow. "
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Say
You
Slow
" I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence. "
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Bit
Much
" I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me. "
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Finding
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" I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play. "
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" I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way. "
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Bench
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Way
" 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. "
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Job
School
Son