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" If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league. "
Russell Crowe
Line
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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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" If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it. "
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" Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip. "
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" I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me. "
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" I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didn't make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff. "
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" For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper. "
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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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" I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack. "
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" I didn't get married to get divorced. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" When I read 'The Water Diviner,' I was having the same kind of visceral reaction that I would normally have acting in something. I believed that I was the only person that could tell this story the way it needed to be told. That's the real arrogance of a director! "
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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 respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor. "
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" I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call. "
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Call
You
Up
" 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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Start
Son
Days
" If you're a waiter, the worst thing you can do is go to work resenting your job. This will sound trite - but it's the reality, and part of my personality - yet when I was a waiter, I tried to be the best waiter, and when I was a bingo-caller I tried to be the best bingo-caller. "
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" I have respect for beer. "
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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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" Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them. "
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" There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows. "
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" When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents. "
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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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" I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat. "
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" My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time because neither of us had this kind of experience. "
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" People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused. "
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People
" If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night. "
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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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" 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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