Quotes By Eric Bana

I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

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.

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.

I'll give you a list of a hundred ways that I'm more likely to be injured than belting around a race track with people who know what they're doing. It's not a place where I feel I'm in unnecessary danger.

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it.

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.

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.

I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.

I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.

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.

I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.

I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible.

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.

I'm always one time zone behind myself.

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

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.

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.

I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

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.