List of Guy Pearce Quotes

I Can Be Fairly Optimistic, But I'm Probably More A Realist, I Think. I Mean, Optimism's An Interesting Quality, Isn't It, Because I'm Always Slightly Dubious As To What's Behind It?

Choosing Work Is An Interesting Thing. It's A Balance Between What's Available And What You've Always Got In The Back Of Your Mind - That Awful, Strange Thing That Seems To Have To Exist In This Industry, Of What Will Give You "exposure."

You Never Really Know What The Director Has Got In His Mind As Far As The Scene Visually And Art Direction Wise, Etc. Even If You Do, Sometimes There's A Side Of Things That Don't Necessarily Gel The Way People Intend. So There A Bit Of A Mystical Entity, Film.

You Can Have A Great Time On A Film And The Chemistry Can Seem Great But Then You Look At The Finished Film And It Just Doesn't Quite Gel, Something Doesn't Quite Work.

It's Really Interesting Making Films And Actually Seeing The Life That They Have In The Subsequent Years And Seeing Which Ones Stand Up Over Time And Which Ones Sort Of Fade Away.

I Do Like A Variety Of Things So I'm Always Interested In Finding Something That I Haven't Done Before, If Possible, To Whatever Degree That Sometimes Changes, And How Much Is Something Now That I Wouldn't Have A Year Ago But Sort Of Based On What I've Done Recently As Well.

A Lot Of Action Characters Are A Little Bit Too Serious As Well. They Take Themselves A Bit Too Seriously, Which I Don't Find Particularly Interesting, Whereas I Like The Fact That There Was At Least Some Humor In This Because Really It's A Piece Of Entertainment.

If Something Doesn't Come Out Of Your Mouth Right, You've Got To Acknowledge The Fact That You're Trying To Deliver An Honest Performance. If It Doesn't' Come Out Of Your Mouth Correctly, Then It's Not Going To Work.

I'm Able To Lead My Life As Well As Make A Film. My Wife And My Friends And People Around Me Know That I Do Tend To Distance Myself A Little Bit During The Making Of A Film, But I Have To, It's A Natural Part Of The Process For Me Because You Are Indulging In The Headspace Of Somebody Else, You Are Investing In The Psychology Of Somebody Else And You Are Becoming Somebody Else, And So There Isn't Enough Room For You And That Somebody Else.

If You Look At The Films That I've Done Generally, You Would Probably Get An Idea Of What I'm Most Interested In, And If Ever I Do Something Unusual Like A Science Fiction Film Or An Action Film Or A Comedy Or Something, Then That To Me Feels Like A Step To The Side To Do Something Different.

I've Learned From The Past That It's Important To Recharge And Get Time In-between Jobs, And If I Can't Get Time In-between Jobs Then When I Know I've Got Some Time Coming Up At The End Of A Job, Really Try And Take Advantage Of That. And Do Very Mundane Things At Home And Putter In The Garden And Spend Time With Family And Make Music And, You Know, Play With The Dogs. Just Get Back To Being Me.

I Do Like A Variety Of Things So I'm Always Interested In Finding Something That I Haven't Done Before.