Quotes By Guy Pearce

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.

Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected.

I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

Men often still expect women to be under their thumb.

Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series.

I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?'

I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

When I go to a movie, I'm always thrilled if I've seen an actor do something and I didn't realize until the end of the movie that that was that person. I love that.

I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.

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

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.

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

I don't really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, 'You're a weirdo.'

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

I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well.

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.

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.

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.

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.