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" There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is. "
Russell Crowe
Explanation
Bad
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" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Great
Run
Religion
" I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didn't make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff. "
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Decision
Time
Thought
" It is important to dress for success. "
Russell Crowe
Success
Important
Dress
" I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor. "
Russell Crowe
Actor
Good
Good Actor
" I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me. "
Russell Crowe
Like
Me
Passionate
" 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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Me
Film
Work
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Mind
Woman
Time
" From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion. "
Russell Crowe
Interested
Religion
Young
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Think
Life
My Life
" I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it. "
Russell Crowe
Sick
People
Famous
" I suppose 'Gladiator' could be a Western - if you were writing your review in Athens, that is! To be honest, we didn't really think that way at the time. But there is common ground. And they both have horses - I liked that, obviously. "
Russell Crowe
Writing
Honest
You
" People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused. "
Russell Crowe
Time
Arrogant
People
" 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
" I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise. "
Russell Crowe
Believe
Free
Accept
" I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call. "
Russell Crowe
Call
You
Up
" 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! "
Russell Crowe
Story
Water
Kind
" 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
" There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows. "
Russell Crowe
Nothing
Talking
Sitting
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Money
School
Time
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Movies
Good
Children
" If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it. "
Russell Crowe
Reading
Than
Factor
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Start
Son
Days
" 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
" 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
" God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia. "
Russell Crowe
New
Australia
God
" War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying. "
Russell Crowe
Patriotism
War
Grief
" 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
Go
Myself
" I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack. "
Russell Crowe
Up
Los Angeles
Australia
" You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do. "
Russell Crowe
Knowing
Want
You
" 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. "
Russell Crowe
Short
Sorry
Life