Quotes By Heath Ledger

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!'

My life is together, both professionally and socially.

In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.

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 happy without money.

It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself.

I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

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 like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.

I'm kind of addicted to moving.

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.

I like to do something I fear.

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

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

When I first started acting, I was just crap.

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

I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.

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.

I love acting and I have a lot of fun.

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.