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" The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' "

Guy Pearce

People

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" I never really enjoyed the fame stuff. "

" I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can. "

" I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that. "

" My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. "

" A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions. "

" I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job. "

Guy Pearce

Talk

Things

" You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way. "

" I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all. "

Guy Pearce

Television

Same

" The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?' "

" Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable. "

" You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series. "

" Success comes in waves. "

Guy Pearce

Waves

Success

" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "

" When I go to a movie, I'm always thrilled if I've seen an actor do something and I didn't realize until the end of the movie that that was that person. I love that. "

" Men often still expect women to be under their thumb. "

" I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. "

" Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc. "

" I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can. "

" I am geared towards communicating on a female level. "

" I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was. "

" It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past. "

" I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. "

" You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out. "

" I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. "

" Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. "

" Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing. "

" I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial. "

Guy Pearce

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