Quotes By Eric Bana

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

If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile.

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 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 fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic.

I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.

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.

I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life.

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

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

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.

The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

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

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

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.

I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me.

I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you're in pretty good shape.

I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well.

I'm a bit of a romantic.

I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.

I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence.

The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.

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.