Guy Pearce Quotes

I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

- Guy Pearce

Wanting, About, Derogatory, Australian

Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking.

- Guy Pearce

Fact, Tell, Putting, Surgery

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

- Guy Pearce

Never, Coming Home, Thrill, Changed

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.

- Guy Pearce

Bad, I Think, Real People, Struggle

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

- Guy Pearce

Personality, Problem, Piece, Addictive

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.

- Guy Pearce

Australian, Going, Part, Film Industry

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?'

- Guy Pearce

Doing, Through, Here, Whoa

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.

- Guy Pearce

Love, Movie, Always, Thrilled

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

- Guy Pearce

Exploration, Psychological, Film-Making

I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing.

- Guy Pearce

Trust, Doing, Very, Vivid

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.

- Guy Pearce

Father, Director, Figure, Father Figure

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.

- Guy Pearce

Think, Some, Cancel, Ten Times

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.

- Guy Pearce

Doing, Hunt, Became, Laughing

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

- Guy Pearce

I Am, Level, Towards, Communicating

When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it.

- Guy Pearce

Trying, Think, Promoting, Gauge

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.

- Guy Pearce

I Wish, Could, Beaten, Crack

Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.

- Guy Pearce

Partner, Hollywood, Having, Helps

I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

- Guy Pearce

Cats, Think, Operate, Affinity

I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well.

- Guy Pearce

Enjoy, Movies, Find, Engage

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

- Guy Pearce

My Life, Doing, Big, Musicals

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

- Guy Pearce

Kind, Going, Least, Musicals

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.

- Guy Pearce

Always, Been, Parties, Resistant

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

Movie, Role, Maybe, Bores

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

- Guy Pearce

Bad, Tell, Particularly, Useless

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

- Guy Pearce

More, Making, Commercial, Conscious Effort

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

- Guy Pearce

Through, Everybody, Period, Punch

I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.

- Guy Pearce

Think, I Think, Burying, Manifest

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

Good, Festivals, I Think, Awards

I don't really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, 'You're a weirdo.'

- Guy Pearce

Want, Always, About, Weirdo

On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know?

- Guy Pearce

Better, Audience, Stage, Paying

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

- Guy Pearce

Think, Never, Series, Never Say Never

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.

- Guy Pearce

Director, Say, Yes, Etc

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.

- Guy Pearce

Doing, Some, Films, Sudden

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

- Guy Pearce

Growing Up, Growing, Kid, Adult

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

- Guy Pearce

Think, I Think, Films, Elements

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

- Guy Pearce

Movie, Show, Repercussions, Rating

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

- Guy Pearce

Fame, Never, Really, Enjoyed

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.

- Guy Pearce

More, Feel, Films, Freaked

The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling.

- Guy Pearce

Movie, Like, Very, Insecurities

I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

- Guy Pearce

Couple, Relates, Bit, Scan

The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

- Guy Pearce

Small, Making, Films, Occurs

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

- Guy Pearce

Tea, Stuff, Really, Cup

Where do you even draw the line between genres?

- Guy Pearce

Line, Even, Genres, Draw

Success comes in waves.

- Guy Pearce

Success, Waves

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.

- Guy Pearce

Lazy, Think, I Think, Roles

Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never.

- Guy Pearce

Never, Well, Wear, Shoes

Men often still expect women to be under their thumb.

- Guy Pearce

Men, Expect, Still, Thumb

I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected.

- Guy Pearce

God, Believe, Thing, Connected

I suffer from overheating quite easily.

- Guy Pearce

Suffer, Quite, Easily

I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today.

- Guy Pearce

Today, Different, Answer, Tomorrow

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

- Guy Pearce

Trying, I Can, Constantly, Original

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

- Guy Pearce

Movies, Been, Asked, In The Past

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