Quotes By Guy Pearce

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I suffer from overheating quite easily.

Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never.

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.