Quotes By Guy Pearce

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I don't have many friends.

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.

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

Success comes in waves.

Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never.

I suffer from overheating quite easily.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way.

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.'

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.

Where do you even draw the line between genres?

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.

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

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.

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.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.