Quotes By Eric Bana

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines.

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

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.

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.

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

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other.

I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.

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

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.

The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.

I've given no thought to moving to America at all.

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.

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

I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.

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.

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

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.

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

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'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.