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" The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set. "
Eric Bana
Film
Everyone
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" It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. "
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" I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely. "
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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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" When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can. "
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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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" 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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" I've given no thought to moving to America at all. "
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" You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever. "
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" I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work. "
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" I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me. "
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" 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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