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" I've been voted one of Australia's 50 national treasures. I've even had my face on an Australian stamp - the only non-Australian to do so, apart from the Queen, of course. "
Russell Crowe
Only
Face
Australia
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" I've never, ever in my life touched a photographer. Some of the cruellest things I've ever said have been to photographers who are chasing me down the street, some of the sharpest, most efficient emotional barbs. And they know that in that moment, in that one-to-one wit competition, they just got smashed. "
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" I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin. "
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" I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated. "
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" Directing is like looking at the stars on a cloudless night. You get away from all light sources, and you look up, and you see 50 points of light. And a minute later 100 and another minute later 1,000 and then 10,000. And then this swirling gigantic carpet above you, and somehow it all seems to connect. "
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You
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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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Kind
" 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
" No matter how long you'd been in the country, if you weren't in Australia for the majority of 2000 to 2002 - when I was particularly busy filming overseas - you can't become a citizen. "
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Australia
Long
" When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents. "
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Really
Parents
" Music's always been a huge part of my life, and my first record came out in 1981. "
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Music
My Life
" 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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Ability
Movies
Only
" God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia. "
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New
Australia
God
" 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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Sports
Love
See
" Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip. "
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Moments
Like
Everyone
" I didn't get married to get divorced. "
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Get
Divorced
Married
" The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can. "
Russell Crowe
Trying
People
Me
" There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free. "
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Sunshine
Beach
Free
" War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying. "
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" I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself. "
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" I was too kind of brave and proud to want a dialect coach because I thought that showed weakness in my armor. But then you just learn it's a more efficient way of doing it. A dialect coach is really important because it takes a certain technical responsibility off your shoulders. "
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Responsibility
Brave
Thought
" You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do. "
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Knowing
Want
You
" If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night. "
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Sydney
You
Me
" I've loved Danielle Spencer since 1989 - that's never going to change - and that's one of those things where I stare at her and go, 'How did it fail?' I still can't work it out, because my feelings for her have never changed. "
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Change
Work
Never
" I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it. "
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Sick
People
Famous
" I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it. "
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Short
Sorry
Life
" It is important to dress for success. "
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Success
Important
Dress
" While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn't really need to go to school anymore. "
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" I have respect for beer. "
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Respect
Beer
" 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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Free
Accept
" I look for the role that excites me and work with whoever that director happens to be, wherever he wants to shoot the film. "
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