Quotes By Heath Ledger

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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!'

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 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.

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

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

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

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

My life is together, both professionally and socially.

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 am not a public speaker and never will be.

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

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.