Quotes By Eric Bana

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

I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'

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

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

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 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.

The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter.

When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.

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.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.

I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.

I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.

Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.

I'm always reading and looking around for the next thing.

As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.

If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?

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.

I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.

I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.

I really enjoy working on small films.

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.