Quotes By Eric Bana

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it.

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

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

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.'

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.

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'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 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'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.

The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.