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" It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. "
Eric Bana
Actor
Work
Only
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" I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable. "
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" 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. "
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" The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them. "
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" As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related. "
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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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" The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter. "
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" It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live. "
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Live
Always
" I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely. "
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You
Mourning
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" I really enjoy working on small films. "
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Really
Small
" 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
" I'm a bit of a romantic. "
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Bit
" The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious. "
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Supposed
Serious
Film
" I would never say never to returning to comedy. "
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Never
Returning
Say
" 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. "
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Time
Way
Comedy
" I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible. "
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Out
Fly
La
" I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair. "
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Hair
Best
Motorcycle
" I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you. "
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You
Great
Influence
" 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. "
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Writing
Creative
Me
" I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you. "
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Distracted
You
Walk
" I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me. "
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Youth
Me
Falling
" I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand. "
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My Time
Time
Energy
" There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it. "
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Moment
Conscience
" 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. "
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Risks
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" My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other. "
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Wife
Really
" I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines. "
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" If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character? "
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Character
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