Quotes By Heath Ledger

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.

I love acting and I have a lot of fun.

I don't know, as long as I get to evolve and grow as an actor and as a person, that's the stuff I'm after.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.

There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.

You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.

I do keep pre-occupied.

I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.

Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.

I've never figured out who 'Heath Ledger' is on film: 'This is what you expect when you hire me, and it will be recognizable.'

You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.

I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.

I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.

I felt like my career was out of my hands.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.

When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.

From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.

When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in order to keep acting exciting - otherwise I get bored very quickly.

I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before.

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

My life is together, both professionally and socially.

I am not a public speaker and never will be.

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white.

I'm happy without money.

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.