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" The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time. "
Eric Bana
Scratch
Accent
Had
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" I'm always reading and looking around for the next thing. "
Eric Bana
Around
Looking
Always
" I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow. "
Eric Bana
Say
You
Slow
" 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. "
Eric Bana
Writing
Creative
Me
" A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married. "
Eric Bana
Friends
Fun
Girl
" I've always been a bit of a car freak. "
Eric Bana
Freak
Always
Been
" I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you're in pretty good shape. "
Eric Bana
Love
You
Think
" My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it. "
Eric Bana
Exercise
Cycling
Just
" The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them. "
Eric Bana
See
Come
Them
" I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play. "
Eric Bana
Think
Acting
You
" I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life. "
Eric Bana
Love
Family
Home
" I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible. "
Eric Bana
Out
Fly
La
" I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence. "
Eric Bana
Very
Bit
Much
" I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part. "
Eric Bana
Look
Part
Size
" Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting. "
Eric Bana
Time
You
Know
" 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. "
Eric Bana
Hair
Best
Motorcycle
" I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way. "
Eric Bana
Bench
Used
Way
" 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. "
Eric Bana
Stupid
Risks
Kid
" I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely. "
Eric Bana
You
Mourning
Mourn
" 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. "
Eric Bana
Decision
Moment
Conscience
" I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. "
Eric Bana
Study
Wish
I Wish
" I'm a bit of a romantic. "
Eric Bana
Romantic
Bit
" It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live. "
Eric Bana
Normally
Live
Always
" The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things. "
Eric Bana
Stronger
Bond
True
" I've given no thought to moving to America at all. "
Eric Bana
America
Thought
Moving
" 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. "
Eric Bana
People
Reality
Work
" I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside. "
Eric Bana
Performance
Always
Find
" I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.' "
Eric Bana
Back
Daughter
Hate
" If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character? "
Eric Bana
Laugh
Character
Jump
" 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
" My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other. "
Eric Bana
Other
Wife
Really