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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. "
Russell Crowe
Real Estate
You
Place
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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. "
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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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" There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is. "
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" I didn't get married to get divorced. "
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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'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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" It is important to dress for success. "
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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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" If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility. "
Russell Crowe
Enough
Life
Responsibility
" I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working. "
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Place
Australia
Go
" 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
" I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat. "
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Attracted
Destined
Defeat
" 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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Film
Work
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Time
Us
Wife
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Sports
Love
See
" 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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Movies
Good
Children
" 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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Like
Twisted
Plan
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
I Can
Job
Actor
" 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. "
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Trying
People
Me
" When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents. "
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Really
Parents
" Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat. "
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Mind
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" I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor. "
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Good
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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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Back
You
Camera
" 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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People
Go
Myself
" 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
" 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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Money
School
Time
" God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia. "
Russell Crowe
New
Australia
God
" From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion. "
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Interested
Religion
Young
" 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
" I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do. "
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