I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.
- Heath Ledger
Goal, Want, Like, Chinese
I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.
- Heath Ledger
Good, Enjoy, Naturally, Relaxed
If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.
- Heath Ledger
People, Based, Then, Judgments
It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.
- Heath Ledger
Rare, Role, Australian, Accent
If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.
- Heath Ledger
Shoulders, Like, Still, Horseback
I apologize for my terrible interview skills.
- Heath Ledger
Skills, Terrible, Apologize, Interview
Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.
- Heath Ledger
Love, Think, I Think, Maintaining
You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.
- Heath Ledger
Hollywood, Everybody, Agents
In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.
- Heath Ledger
Someone, Intimidated, Them, Frame
In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.
- Heath Ledger
Career, Product, Studio, Fully
Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.
- Heath Ledger
Buildings, Running, Agent, Climbing
I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.
- Heath Ledger
I Am, Thought, Need, Reflects
When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in order to keep acting exciting - otherwise I get bored very quickly.
- Heath Ledger
Like, Very, Otherwise, Bored
There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.
- Heath Ledger
Like, Mates, Concerned, As Far As
It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'
- Heath Ledger
Hockey, Big, Telling, Odd
I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.
- Heath Ledger
Mistakes, Made, Took, Class
I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white.
- Heath Ledger
Think, White, Most, Situations
I've never figured out who 'Heath Ledger' is on film: 'This is what you expect when you hire me, and it will be recognizable.'
- Heath Ledger
Will, Hire, Figured, Heath
It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.
- Heath Ledger
Doing, Rule, Thumb, Self-Doubt
In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.
- Heath Ledger
City, New, Police Officers, Brave
I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.
- Heath Ledger
Having Fun, Away, Having, Fun
The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.
- Heath Ledger
Dancing, Reason, Audience, Fun
It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself.
- Heath Ledger
Yourself, Little, Distressing
I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.
- Heath Ledger
Lose, Like, Putting, Risk
I'm kind of addicted to moving.
- Heath Ledger
Kind, Addicted, Moving
I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.
- Heath Ledger
Great, Outside, Lot, Distractions
My life is together, both professionally and socially.
- Heath Ledger
Life, My Life, Socially, Professionally
I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.
- Heath Ledger
Myself, Like, Wasting, Repeat
I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.
- Heath Ledger
Child, Want, Hollywood, Raise
When I first started acting, I was just crap.
- Heath Ledger
Just, Started, First, Crap
From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.
- Heath Ledger
Alone, Living, Bunch, Partying
I don't know, as long as I get to evolve and grow as an actor and as a person, that's the stuff I'm after.
- Heath Ledger
Long, Grow, Actor, Evolve
I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.
- Heath Ledger
Past, Doing, In The Past, Plan
If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.
- Heath Ledger
Choices, Grow, About, Safe
If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.
- Heath Ledger
Choices, Grow, About, Safe
You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.
- Heath Ledger
Learn, Your Child, Through, Guess
I want to do theatre. I love theatre.
- Heath Ledger
Love, Want, I Love, Theatre
I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before.
- Heath Ledger
Never, Like, Been, I Feel Like
I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.
- Heath Ledger
Defeat, Like, Set, Obstacles
I felt like my career was out of my hands.
- Heath Ledger
Hands, Career, Like, Felt
I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.
- Heath Ledger
Big, Wanting, Still, Felt
I am not a public speaker and never will be.
- Heath Ledger
I Am, Never, Public, Speaker
When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.
- Heath Ledger
Doing, Some, Films, Realized
I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again.
- Heath Ledger
Have Fun, Doing, Going, Movie
I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.
- Heath Ledger
My Life, Hollywood, Anyone, Control
I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.
- Heath Ledger
Future, Planning, Next, Forward
I like to do something I fear.
- Heath Ledger
Something, Like, Fear
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