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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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" 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. "

Russell Crowe

Ability

Movies

Only

" Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession. "

" 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. "

" It is important to dress for success. "

" People say, 'Surely there's the right reasons for going to war?' And my perspective is, 'Surely there's a better way of asking that question?' "

" 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. "

" When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents. "

" 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. "

" There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me. "

Russell Crowe

Passionate

" 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. "

Russell Crowe

Place

Australia

" 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. "

Russell Crowe

People

Myself

" 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

Wife

" Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip. "

Russell Crowe

Moments

Everyone

" It just seems like a religion that is perfect for people who feel like they need a grounding, who feels that the world has run off on them. I've discussed this with Scientologists, and they don't disagree. So, for a certain type of person, that's great. "

" If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league. "

" If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night. "

Russell Crowe

Sydney

You

" You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do. "

" I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland. "

" From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion. "

" 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. "

" I look for the role that excites me and work with whoever that director happens to be, wherever he wants to shoot the film. "

Russell Crowe

Film

Work

" 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. "

" 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. "