Quotes By Guy Pearce

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.

Men often still expect women to be under their thumb.

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.

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'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.

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.

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.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

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

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.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

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.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I don't have many friends.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

Success comes in waves.

I suffer from overheating quite easily.

Well, I never wear shoes at home. Never.

I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all.

On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know?