Joel Edgerton Quotes
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I love what I do, but it occurs to me I may have handed over a large portion of my life to fiction.
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Part of the privilege of being an actor is the people you get to work with.
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I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.
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I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'
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I have this theory that alpha males are actually not alpha males. They're actually very scared - particularly scared of competition from a lot of men.
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Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?
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To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments.
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I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock on a personality, even just in life, and then they'll shock you by their behavior.
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I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.
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I blame my work for a lot of things. I thank my work for a lot of things, too, but the trouble with being so passionately involved in work is that it becomes like a lover, like your partner, because it nourishes you.
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Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.
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The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.
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I wanted to make a redemptive thriller that didn't end with some kind of big, crazy shootout and blood spill, but more of a collision of ideas and a discussion of ethics.
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I never really think too much about my voice.
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I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.
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You have to stick to what you love and purse that at all costs. Don't choose money first; it won't make you happy.
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One wrong move, and you destroy your career.
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Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.
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The Australians are actually the worst of the criminals from the United Kingdom, but not worst as in toughest. They're the ones who did stupid little things and got caught for it. Bad criminals.
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I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time.