Heath Ledger Quotes
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My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I'll be forever grateful.
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See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.
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You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.
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You have to be willing to be manipulated in the first place because you can either recognize that in your director and then fight it because you don't trust them, but I'm not going to let them manipulate me. Or you think they're on to something and that they're manipulating something out of you which is interesting and new.
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Most of the time you don't even know they're there. Now, that's the scary thing. It's really strange and invading, but I'm still working it all out. I try to not let it bother me. And if I want to swim naked in my pool, I'm still going to do it. I certainly don't want to feel that I have to change everything in my life that I do to cater to them. I just won't let it happen.
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I never really cared much for Hollywood or movies. But the curiosity for filmmaking, and expanding myself as an actor and my curiosity for people and portraying them, just has grown. And that's from simply being involved in the industry. But it was never a goal of mine as a kid.
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If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.
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In the birthing process, you come out just realizing how stupid and weak men are! I mean, I might as well not have been in there, we're useless!
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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.
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Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying!
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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.
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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.
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I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.
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It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.
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When anything is blocking my head or there's worry in my life, I just go sit on Mars or something and look back here at Earth. All you can see is this tiny speck. You don't see the fear. You don't see the pain. You don't see thought. It's just one solid speck. Then nothing really matters. It just doesn't.
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I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before.
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People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.
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I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.
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In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.
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I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.
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I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.
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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.
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I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.
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Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you're going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You're just a kid.