Martin Henderson Quotes
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When I'm not acting, I'm usually sailing or camping or exploring or travelling or spending time in New Zealand.
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I'm never entirely happy. That's just part of my personality, and I just have to accept that.
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It's good to see some Kiwi accents up on the big screen.
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I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.
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It is a little weird now, going over to Heath's place. It's like, 'Hi Heath, hi Nomes.' Very strange!
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I'm quite proud of growing up in New Zealand where, from quite early on in primary school, you're learning to count in Maori, Maori mythology and dances and colours and history, and I think that gives a child a really good grounding.
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When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it's become a habit.
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You are always invested in a film, but there is always a different feeling you get when you are portraying a character that is based on real life and you are re-telling events that actually took place.
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I love new places, new people, new ideas. I love cultural differences, and I'm fascinated by the truth - all the different versions of it.
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I think it's part of my personality - I love to travel; I love different cultures and philosophies and perspectives on things.
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With a thriller, you're going to have your red herrings, as different suspects are thrown up as possible culprits. You can only explore that for so long - if you do that more than a few times, it starts to get a little redundant.
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Most horror films fail to scare me.
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There's something incredibly primal about facing something treacherous but doing it anyway.
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When you're doing a one-man play, you maybe rehearse for a month, and then you're just doing it an hour or two a night.
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It's harder in the States. I'm much more inclined to get offered things that are a lot straighter and heavier and dramatic. And they go by looks, too. If you look like a leading man, then that's what they will consider you for.
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I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.
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The writer of 'The Red Road,' Aaron Guzikowski, deserves the credit. The fact that the dialogue is so understated is what makes this show so appealing, especially as an actor.
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You've got to not care about what people think. You learn that as an actor. If you get a bad review, will you be destroyed by it? Or will you think you're God's gift when you get a rave review?
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I think mine's such a mish-mash now: I get criticised for sounding like a Yank when I come home, and everybody thinks I'm Australian when I'm in America.
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I don't even know who my character is in 'Grey's.'
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I always thought I'd go to university and then get a real job, you know. Now I want to do stuff that really makes me happy. Although I'm still trying to work out what that is. But for me there are always constants.
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The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit.
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It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.
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I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.