Quotes By Heath Ledger

I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.

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'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

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.

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 didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.

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

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

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

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

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.

I do keep pre-occupied.

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 wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again.

In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.

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.'

If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.

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.

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.

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

It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'